Agricultural reform: environmental report - strategic environmental assessment
We are reforming agricultural support. This strategic environmental assessment (SEA) environmental report, required under the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, highlights the positive environmental impacts of proposed changes to farming and food production.
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2 Scottish Government (2025) Agricultural Reform Route Map – published 12 June, 2025 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/agricultural-reformprogramme/arp-route-map/ )
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30 Scottish Government (2025) Supporting Scotland's Transition - Land Use and Agriculture (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/supporting-scotlands-transition-land-use-agriculture-technical-supporting-document/documents/ ).
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33 Scottish Government (undated) Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: Quarterly electricity generated from renewable sources [online] Available at: https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=RenLowCarbon&Subsection=RenElec&Chart=RenElecGen (Accessed 06/03/2025)
34 SEPA (2025) Agriculture Sector Specific Issues. Available at: Sector-specific issues | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
35 Scotland’s National Water Scarcity Plan (2020) Available at: https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/219302/scotlands-national-water-scarcity-plan.pdf
36 Scottish Government (2022) Sustainable and regenerative farming – next steps: statement. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/next-step-delivering-vision-scotland-leader-sustainable-regenerative-farming/ )
37 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/11 )
38 Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/contents )
39 Scottish Government (2022) Sustainable and regenerative farming – next steps: statement. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/next-step-delivering-vision-scotland-leader-sustainable-regenerative-farming/ )
40 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/11 )
41 Scottish Government (2025) Agricultural Reform Route Map – published 12 June, 2025 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/agricultural-reformprogramme/arp-route-map/ )
42 Scottish Government (2023) Agricultural Reform List of Measures – published 10 February 2023 (see: https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/agricultural-reform-programme/arp-list-of-measures/ )
43 Scottish Government (2025) Agricultural Reform Route Map - published 12 June, 2025 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/agricultural-reform-programme/arp-route-map/ )
44 Scottish Government (2025) The Code of Practice on Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/code-practicesustainable-regenerative-agriculture/ )
45 Scottish Government (2025) Agricultural Reform Route Map - published 12 June, 2025 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/agricultural-reform-programme/arp-route-map/ )
46 The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005
47 The Scottish statutory SEA Consultation Authorities are:
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) www.sepa.org.uk/planning/sea.aspx
- NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage), and www.snh.gov.uk/planning-and-development/environmental-assessment/sea/
- The Scottish Ministers (Historic Environment Scotland) www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/sea
48 Scottish Government UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/contents )
49 The Scottish Government announced (19 June 2025) that from 2026 businesses claiming ten calves or less would receive a derogation from the new calving interval condition.
50 Scottish Government UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/contents )
51 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/11
52 The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) 2008 (see The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008)
53 Legilsation.gov.uk (2009) Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
54 Lesilation.gov.uk (2019) Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019
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56 Scottish Government (2023) Environment - guiding principles: statutory guidance (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-guiding-principles-environment-statutory-guidance/documents/
57 Scottish Government (2022) The next step in delivering our vision for Scotland as a leader in sustainable and regenerative farming (see The Next Step In Delivering Our Vision For Scotland As a Leader In Sustainable And Regenerative Farming. (www.gov.scot)
58 Scottish Government (2023) National Planning Framework 4 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-planning-framework-4/
59 NPF4 planning guidance: policy 2 - climate mitigation and adaptation (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/npf4-planning-guidance-policy-2-climate-mitigation-adaptation/
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61 Scottish Government (2024) Climate change: Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029 -
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63 Scottish Government (2020) Environment Strategy: vision and outcomes (see: https://www.gov.scot/publications/environment-strategy-scotland-vision-outcomes/)
64 Scottish Government (2023) Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-2045-tackling-nature-emergency-scotland-2/
65 Scottish Government (2019) Scotland’s Forestry Strategy 2019-2029 (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2019/02/scotlands-forestry-strategy-20192029/documents/scotlands-forestry-strategy-2019-2029/scotlands-forestry-strategy-2019-2029/govscot%3Adocument/scotlands-forestry-strategy-2019-2029.pdf
66 Scottish Government (2021) Scotland’s Third Land Use Strategy 2021-2026 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-third-land-use-strategy-2021-2026-getting-best-land/)
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71 Scottish Government (2024) scotlands-circular-economy-waste-route-map-2030.pdf
72 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/13
73 Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/5/contents
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76 Scottish Government (2025) Grangemouth Industrial Just Transition Plan (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/grangemouth-industrial-transition-plan-supporting-fair-transition-scotlands-core-manufacturing-cluster/
77 Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/schedule/3
78 NatureScot (undated) Blanket bog (see: Blanket bog | NatureScot) (accessed 11//06/2025)
79 NatureScot (undated) Ecosystem services – nature’s benefits (see https://www.nature.scot/scotlands-biodiversity/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-and-cop15/ecosystem-approach/ecosystem-services-natures-benefits (accessed 11/06/2025)
80 NatureScot (undated) Special Areas of Conservation (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/natura-sites/special-areas-conservation-sacs (accessed 11/06/2025)
81 NatureScot (undated) Special Protection Areas (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/natura-sites/special-protection-areas-spas (accessed 11/06/2025)
82 NatureScot (undated) Ramsar sites in Scotland (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/ramsar-sites (accessed 11/06/2025)
83 NatureScot (undated) Biosphere Reserves (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/biosphere-reserve (accessed 11/06/2025)
84 NatureScot (undated) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/national-designations/sites-special-scientific-interest (accessed 11/06/2025)
85 NatureScot (undated) Scotland’s Marine Protected Area network (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/marine-protected-areas/scotlands-marine-protected-area-network#:~:text=The%20Scottish%20MPA%20network%20consists,Special%20Protection%20Areas (accessed 11/06/2025)
86 NatureScot (2020) Scottish Biodiversity List (see Scottish Biodiversity List (accessed 11/06/2025)
87 NatureScot (2025) The Proportion of Scotland's Protected Sites in Favourable Condition 2025 (see The Proportion of Scotland's Protected Sites in Favourable Condition 2025 | NatureScot)
88 NatureScot (2023) Urban greenspace (see https://www.nature.scot/landscapes-and-habitats/habitat-types/urban-habitats (accessed 11/06/2025)
89 NatureScot (2023) Draft Framework for Nature Networks in Scotland (see https://www.nature.scot/doc/framework-nature-networks-scotland-draft (accessed 11/06/2025)
90 Scottish Environment Protection Agency (n.d.) Scotland’s environment web (see Scotland’s Environment Web
91 Scottish Environment Protection Agency (n.d.) Scotland’s environment web (see Scotland’s Environment Web
92 Scottish Environment Protection Agency (n.d.) Scotland’s environment web (see Scotland’s Environment Web
93 Scottish Government (2019) Scotland’s Forestry Strategy 2019 – 2029 (see: Scotland's forests and woodlands - Scotland's Forestry Strategy 2019–2029 - gov.scot)
94 NatureScot (2025) Site condition monitoring. (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/site-condition-monitoring)
95 NatureScot (2025) Woodland condition. (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/land-and-sea-management/managing-land/forests-and-woodlands/woodland-condition).
96 Scottish Environment Protection Agency (n.d.) Scotland’s environment web (see Scotland’s Environment Web)
97 Scottish Government (2023) Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: supporting evidence and analysis. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/agriculture-rural-communities-scotland-bill-supporting-evidence-analysis/pages/8/
98 NatureScot (2023) Key pressures on biodiversity (see https://www.nature.scot/scotlands-biodiversity/key-pressures-biodiversity (accessed 11/06/2025)
99 Scottish Government (2023) Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2023 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/results-scottish-agricultural-census-june-2023/pages/most-of-scotlands-area-is-used-for-agriculture/)
100 State of Nature Partnership (2023) State of Nature: Scotland (see: TP26056-SoN-Scotland-summary-report-v5-1.pdf)
101 State of Nature Partnership (2023) State of Nature: Scotland (see: TP26056-SoN-Scotland-summary-report-v5-1.pdf)
102 Scottish Government (2009) Scotland’s climate change adaptation framework: Biodiversity and ecosystem resilience (see Scotland's climate change adaptation framework: biodiversity and ecosystem resilience - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
103 Scottish Parliament (2025) Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought? (see: Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought? – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe) (accessed 13/06/2025)
104 JNCC (2010) Biodiversity and Climate Change – a summary of impacts in the UK (see https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/e2d77481-dcb2-4fb3-8fff-d8b1c0cfc97f
105 NatureScot (2025) The Proportion of Scotland’s Protected Sites in Favourable Condition 2025 (see: The Proportion of Scotland's Protected Sites in Favourable Condition 2025 | NatureScot)
106 State of Nature Partnership (2023) State of Nature: Scotland (see: TP26056-SoN-Scotland-summary-report-v5-1.pdf)
107 National Records of Scotland Mid-2024 population estimates (see https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/mid-2024-population-estimates (accessed 04/09/2025)
108 Ibid
109 National Records of Scotland (2025) Projected Population of Scotland (2022-based) (see https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/projected-population-of-scotland-2022-based/ (accessed 04/09/2025)
110 Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland (see https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/settlements-and-localities/mid-2020)
111 Ibid.
112 Scottish Government (2020) Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (see SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) (accessed 13/06/2025)
113 Scottish Government (2020) Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2020/01/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020/documents/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
114 Agricultural Census Statistics, June 2024 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/news-events/agricultural-census-statistics--june-2024.html
115 Scottish House Condition Survey: 2023 Key Findings (2025) Key facts (see Scottish House Condition Survey: 2023 Key Findings - gov.scot (accessed 13/06/2025)
116 Scottish Fuel Poverty Act (2019) Key facts (see https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/10/2021-10-11 (accessed 13/06/2025)
117 Scottish Government (2018) Scottish Household Survey: Response rates, Reissuing and Survey Quality https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-and-analysis/2020/06/scottish-household-survey-response-rates-reissuing-survey-quality2/documents/scottish-household-survey-response-rates-reissuing-survey-quality-2018/scottish-household-survey-response-rates-reissuing-survey-quality-2018/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-household-survey-response-rates-reissuing-survey-quality-2018.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
118 Scottish Government (2022) The Scottish Health Survey 2022 (online) (seehttps://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2023/12/scottish-health-survey-2022-volume-1-main-report/documents/scottish-health-survey-2022-main-report/scottish-health-survey-2022-main-report/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-health-survey-2022-main-report.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
119 Air quality expert group (2013) Mitigation of United Kingdom PM2.5 Concentrations (see https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat11/1508060903_DEF-PB14161_Mitigation_of_UK_PM25.pdf)
120 Scottish Government (2021) Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 - Towards a Better Place for Everyone (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/
121 National Flood Risk Assessment for Flood Risk Management in Scotland 2024 (see National Flood Risk Assessment Review Summary (accessed 13/06/2025)
122 Scotland’s Environment (2024) Air Pollution and Air Quality (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/our-environment/air/air-pollution-and-air-quality/ (accessed 13/06/2025)
123 Scottish Government (2021) Cleaner Air for Scotland 2: Towards a Better Place for Everyone [pdf] (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2021/07/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/documents/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/govscot%3Adocument/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone.pdf (accessed 06/13/2025)
124 Scotland’s Environment (2024) Air Pollution and Air Quality (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/our-environment/air/air-pollution-and-air-quality
125 Scottish Government (2024) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2022 (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2024/06/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/documents/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/govscot%3Adocument/Scottish%2BGreenhouse%2BGas%2BStatistics%2B2022.pdf
126 Transport Scotland (2023) Scottish Transport Statistics 2023 (see https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/scottish-transport-statistics-2023/chapter-11-personal-and-cross-modal-travel/ (accessed 13/06/2024)
127 Scottish Government (2021) Cleaner Air for Scotland 2: Towards a Better Place for Everyone [pdf] (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2021/07/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/documents/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/govscot%3Adocument/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone.pdf
128 Committee on Climate Change (2017) UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Evidence Report (see https://www.theccc.org.uk/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017/
129 UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2022 (see https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61e54d8f8fa8f505985ef3c7/climate-change-risk-assessment-2022.pdf
130 Ibid
131 United Nations Climate Change (2016) The Paris Agreement (see https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement
132 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2023) AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 (see https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/
133 Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019
134 Scottish Government (2025) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023 (see Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023 - Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023 - gov.scot)
135 ibid.
136 Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride
137 Scottish Government (2024) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2022 (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2024/06/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/documents/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/govscot%3Adocument/Scottish%2BGreenhouse%2BGas%2BStatistics%2B2022.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
138 Environment and Forestry Directorate (2024) Environment Strategy for Scotland: Evidence Base and Policy Levers (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/environment-strategy-scotland-delivering-environment-strategy-outcome-scotlands-economy-evidence-base-policy-levers/pages/4/ )
139 Scottish Government (2025) Scottish agriculture greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen use: 2023-24. (updated 10 June 2025) See https://data.gov.scot/scottish-agriculture-greenhouse-gas-emissions-nitrogen-use-2023-24/
140 Scottish Government (2024) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2022 (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2024/06/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/documents/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2022/govscot%3Adocument/Scottish%2BGreenhouse%2BGas%2BStatistics%2B2022.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025) .
141 NatureScot (2023) Restoring Scotland’s Peatlands (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/land-and-sea-management/carbon-management/restoring-scotlands-peatlands (accessed 13/06/2025)
143 Sniffer (2022) Third Climate Change Risk Assessment for Scotland. https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CCRA-Evidence-Report-Scotland-Summary-Final-1.pdf
143 Sniffer (2021) Evidence for the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3): Summary for Scotland [pdf] (see https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CCRA-Evidence-Report-Scotland-Summary-Final-1.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025 )
144 Scottish Energy Statistics Hub (2022) (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=WholeSystem&Chart=EnConsumption (accessed 13/06/2025)
145 Scottish Energy Statistics Hub (2022) (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/sg-energy/?Section=EnergyEfficiency&Subsection=DemandReduction&Chart=EnergyConsumption) (accessed 13/06/2025)
146 Ibid.
147 Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q3 2023 Part 2 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q3-2023-part-2/ (accessed 13/06/2025)
148 Scottish Government (2023) Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: Renewable electricity sources (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=RenLowCarbon&Subsection=RenElec&Chart=RenElecSources (accessed 13/06/2025)
149 Scottish Government (2024) Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q2 2024 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q2-2024/ (accessed 13/06/2025)
150 Scottish Government (2023) Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: Renewable electricity generation (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/sg-energy/?Section=RenLowCarbon&Subsection=RenElec&Chart=RenElecGen (accessed 13/06/2025)
151 A vision for Scotland’s electricity and gas networks (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2019/03/vision-scotlands-electricity-gas-networks-2030/documents/vision-scotlands-electricity-gas-networks-summary-2019-2030/vision-scotlands-electricity-gas-networks-summary-2019-2030/govscot%3Adocument/vision-scotlands-electricity-gas-networks-summary-2019-2030.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
152 Transport Scotland (2024) Summary transport statistics (see https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/scottish-transport-statistics-2023/summary-transport-statistics/ (accessed 13/06/2025)
153 Scottish Government, (2025) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2023/pages/section-b--results---net-emissions-of-scottish-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ (accessed 17/09/2025)
154 Scottish Government, (2025) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2023/pages/section-b--results---net-emissions-of-scottish-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ (accessed 17/09/2025)
155 Scottish Government, (2025) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2023/pages/section-b--results---net-emissions-of-scottish-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ (accessed 17/09/2025)
156 Scottish Government, (2025) Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-greenhouse-gas-statistics-2023/pages/section-b--results---net-emissions-of-scottish-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ (accessed 17/09/2025)
157 Adaptation Scotland (2024) Climate Projections for Scotland summary (see https://adaptation.scot/app/uploads/2024/09/climate-projections-scotland-summary-dec21.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
158 Ibid.
159 Sniffer (2021) Evidence for the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3): Summary for Scotland [pdf] (see https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CCRA-Evidence-Report-Scotland-Summary-Final-1.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025 )
160 Scottish Government (2025) Supporting Scotland's Transition - Land Use and Agriculture (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/supporting-scotlands-transition-land-use-agriculture-technical-supporting-document/documents/ ).
161 NatureScot (2023) Farming and climate change (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/land-and-sea-management/managing-land/farming-and-crofting/farming-and-climate-change (accessed 13/06/2025)
162 NatureScot(2024) Managing nature for carbon capture (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/land-and-sea-management/carbon-management/managing-nature-carbon-capture (accessed 13/06/2025)
163 Ibid.
164 NatureScot (2014) SNH Commissioned Report 761 – Assessment of carbon budgets and potential blue carbon stores in Scotland’s coastal and marine environment. (see https://www.nature.scot/snh-commissioned-report-761-assessment-carbon-budgets-and-potential-blue-carbon-stores-scotlands (accessed 13/06/2025)
165 APIS (2025) Air Pollution Information System https://www.scottishairquality.scot/air-quality
166 SEFARI (2025) Air Quality: Livestock farming and ammonia. Available at: https://sefari.scot/research/projects/air-quality-livestock-farming-and-ammonia
167 National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (2023) Air Pollutant Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 2005-2022
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168 UKCEH (2024) Air Pollution Trends Report 2024: Critical Load and Critical Level exceedances in the UK (see https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat05/2411141006_Air_Pollution_Trends_Report_2024.pdf )
169 Scottish Government (2021) Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 - Towards a Better Place for Everyone (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/)
170 APIS (2025) Air Pollution Information System https://www.scottishairquality.scot/air-quality
171 Environment Act 1995, c.25 (see http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/introduction (accessed 13/06/2025)
172 Air Quality in Scotland (2021) (see Air Quality Management Areas)
173 Air Pollution in Scotland 2020 (see https://www.scottishairquality.scot/sites/default/files/publications/2022-01/Air_Quality_Scotland_Brochure_2020_0.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
174 Scotland’s Environment (2024) Air Pollution and Air Quality (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/our-environment/air/air-pollution-and-air-quality/#:~:text=Transport%20is%20currently%20the%20most,has%20started%20to%20level%20off. (accessed 13/06/2025)
175 Ibid.
176 Scottish Government (2021) Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 - Towards a Better Place for Everyone (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/cleaner-air-scotland-2-towards-better-place-everyone/
177 Air Quality Expert Group (2007) Air Quality and Climate Change: A UK Perspective (see https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/aqeg/fullreport.pdf
178 Scotland’s Soils – part of Scotland’s Environment (2017) State of Scotland’s soils – State of Scotland’s Soil Report 2011 (see http://soils.environment.gov.scot/soils-in-scotland/state-of-scotlands-soils/
179 SEPA (undated) Soil (see http://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/land/soil/#effect (accessed 13/06/2025)
180 Scotland’s Soils (2025). Soils in Scotland. (see https://soils.environment.gov.scot/soils-in-scotland/our-soils/ (accessed 12/06/2025)
181 Dobbie, K.E., Bruneau, P.M.C., Towers, W. (2011). State of Scotland's Soil. (see www.sepa.org.uk/land/land_publications.aspx
182 Dobbie, K.E., Bruneau, P.M.C., Towers, W. (2011). State of Scotland's Soil. (see www.sepa.org.uk/land/land_publications.aspx
183 B.D. Soane and C. van Ouwerkerk (1995). Implications of soil compaction in crop production for the quality of the environment. Soil and Tillage Research. Volume 35, Issues 1–2, August 1995, Pages 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-1987(95)00475-8
184 Environment and Climate Change Committee (2025) Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldenvcl/161/161.pdf
185 SNH (2015) Scotland’s National Peatland Plan (see https://www.nature.scot/doc/scotlands-national-peatland-plan-working-our-future) (accessed 13/06/2025)
186 SNH (2014) Commissioned Report No. 701 - Scotland’s peatland – definitions & information resources [PDF] (see https://www.nls.uk/e-monographs/2014/701.pdf (accessed 13/06/2025)
187 NatureScot (2023) Mountains, heaths and bogs (see https://www.nature.scot/landscapes-and-habitats/habitat-types/mountains-heaths-and-bogs#:~:text=Blanket%20bog%20is%20one%20of,globally%20rare%20type%20of%20peatland. (accessed 13/06/2025)
188 Scotland’s Soils – part of Scotland’s Environment (2024) Peatland restoration (see https://soils.environment.gov.scot/resources/peatland-restoration/#:~:text=They%20are%20an%20internationally%20important,of%20our%20peatlands%20are%20degraded. (accessed 13/06/2025)
189 British Ecological Society (2023) Projected increases in extreme drought frequency and duration by 2040 affect specialist habitats and species in Scotland https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12256
190 Scotland’s Soils – part of Scotland’s Environment (undated) Welcome to Scotland’s soils (see http://soils.environment.gov.scot/ (accessed 13/06/2025)
191 Scotland's Environment (2019) Peatland Restoration (see https://soils.environment.gov.scot/resources/peatland-restoration/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
192 Scotland’s Soils (2025). Soils in Scotland. (see https://soils.environment.gov.scot/soils-in-scotland/our-soils/) (accessed 12/06/2025)
193 NatureScot GCR sites in SSSIs (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/geological-conservation-review-sites).
194 Scotland’s environment (2014) Rocks and landforms
(see https://www.environment.gov.scot/media/1198/land-rocks-and-landforms.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
195 NatureScot (2023) Local geodiversity action plans (see https://www.nature.scot/landforms-and-geology/protecting-our-geodiversity/local-geodiversity-action-plans) (accessed 13/06/2025)
196 Scotland’s Soils – part of Scotland’s Environment (2019) State of Scotland’s soils – State of Scotland’s Soil Report 2011 (see http://soils.environment.gov.scot/soils-in-scotland/state-of-scotlands-soils/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
197 Scotland’s Environment (2011) Soils [PDF] (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/media/1213/land-soils.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
198 Environmental Standards Scotland (2022) Baseline Evidence Review – Land and Soil [pdf] (see https://www.environmentalstandards.scot/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Baseline-Evidence-Review-Land-and-Soil-2022-09.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
199 SEPA (2019) Guidance on consideration of soil in Strategy Environmental Assessment [PDF] (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/162986/lups-sea-gu2-consideration-of-soil-in-sea.pdf) (accessed 18/10/2024)
200 Environmental Standards Scotland (2024). The risks to Scotland's soils: a scoping report. (see https://environmentalstandards.scot/our-work/our-analytical-work/the-risks-to-scotlands-soils-a-scoping-report/) (accessed 12/06/2025)
201 The Scottish Government, (2009). The Scottish Soil Framework. (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2009/05/scottish-soil-framework/documents/0081576-pdf/0081576-pdf/govscot%3Adocument/0081576.pdf) (accessed 12/06/2025)
202 Scottish Government (2024). Strategic Research Programme 2022 to 2027. (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/environment-agriculture-and-food-strategic-research-2022-27-overview/pages/strategic-research-programme-2022-to-2027/) (accessed 12/06/2025)
203 ClimateXchange (2025) Securing soils in a changing climate: A soil route map for Scotland (see: A soil route map for Scotland | ClimateXChange)
204 CREW (2024) Understanding the relationship between water scarcity and land use in private water supply catchments – a review (see https://www.crew.ac.uk/publications/water-scarcity-land-use-pws)
205 SEPA (2024) State of Scotland’s Water Environment: Summary Report 2023 (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/4i2bfrjo/2023-classification-summary-report.docx#:~:text=Scotland's%20water%20environment%20classification%20results,from%2067.1%25%20to%2067.9%25.) (accessed 17/09/2025)
206 Ibid.
207 Ibid.
208 Scotland’s Soils, (2019). State of Scotland's soils. (see https://soils.environment.gov.scot/soils-in-scotland/state-of-scotlands-soils/) (accessed 12/06/2025)
209 SEPA (2023) Water Classification Hub. Available at: https://informatics.sepa.org.uk/WaterClassificationHub/
210 Ibid.
211 Scottish Government (2020) Scottish Nitrogen Balance Sheet 2020 (see https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2023/05/scottish-nitrogen-balance-sheet-2020/documents/scottish-nitrogen-balance-sheet-2020/scottish-nitrogen-balance-sheet-2020/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-nitrogen-balance-sheet-2020.pdf)
212 The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) 2008 (see The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008)
213 CREW (2024) Climate Crisis: Informing Scotland’s actionable mitigation and adaptation response to water scarcity (see https://www.crew.ac.uk/sites/www.crew.ac.uk/files/publication/CRW2022_07%20Main%20report%20and%20appendices_2024_04_15_V3_FINAL_0.pdf)
214 Scottish Parliament (2025) Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought? (see: Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought? – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe) (accessed 13/06/2025)
215 SEPA (2024) State of Scotland’s Water Environment: Summary Report 2023 (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/4i2bfrjo/2023-classification-summary-report.docx#:~:text=Scotland's%20water%20environment%20classification%20results,from%2067.1%25%20to%2067.9%25.) (accessed 17/09/2025)
216 SEPA (2020) Scotland’s National Water Scarcity Plan (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/219302/scotlands-national-water-scarcity-plan.pdf) (accessed 17/09/2025)
217 UK Climate Risk (2021) Evidence for the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) Summary for Scotland (see https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CCRA-Evidence-Report-Scotland-Summary-Final-1.pdf) (accessed 17/09/2025)
218 Scottish Government (2024) Academic Advisory Panel - 4 March 2024 - Water scarcity and excess advisory note (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/academic-advisory-panel-4-march-2024-water-scarcity-and-excess-advisory-note/) (accessed 17/09/2025)
219 Committee on Climate Change (2017) UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Evidence Report. (see https://www.theccc.org.uk/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017/synthesis-report/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
220 Scottish Government (2019) Delivering sustainable flood risk management: guidance (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/flood-risk-management-scotland-act-2009-delivering-sustainable-flood-risk-management/pages/5/) (accessed 18/10/2024)
221 CREW Dynamic Coast Research Summary (2021) (see https://www.crew.ac.uk/sites/www.crew.ac.uk/files/publication/CREW_DC2_Research_Summary_FINAL%2Blink_0.pdf )
222 SEPA (undated) Flood Risk Management Strategies (see https://www2.sepa.org.uk/frmstrategies/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
223 SEPA (undated) Flood Risk Management Plans (see https://www2.sepa.org.uk/frmplans/).
224 SEPA (undated) Flood maps (see http://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/water/flooding/flood-maps/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
225 SEPA (2015) Natural Flood Management Handbook (See https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/163560/sepa-natural-flood-management-handbook1.pdf ).
226 Allot et al. (2019) Peatland Catchments and Natural Flood Management [PDF] (see https://www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/COI%20Peatlands%20and%20NFM.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
227 CREW (2022) Moderating extremes in water availability: a review of the role of functioning wetlands (See https://www.crew.ac.uk/publication/moderating-extremes-water-availability-review-role-functioning-wetlands).
228 Natural Flood Management Network Scotland (2020). Woodland (see https://www.nfm.scot/topics/woodland) (accessed 13/06/2025)
229 SEPA (2021) The River Basin Management Plan for Scotland 2021 – 2027 [pdf] (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/594088/211222-final-rbmp3-scotland.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
230 Springer Nature Link (2025) Reactive Nitrogen from Agriculture: A Review of Emissions, Air Quality, and Climate Impacts (see https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40726-025-00360-y).
231 CREW (2021) A review of the risks to water resources in Scotland in response to climate (See changehttps://www.crew.ac.uk/sites/www.crew.ac.uk/files/publication/CD2021_02_Main%20report_0%2Blink_1.pdf )
232 SEPA (2021) The River Basin Management Plan for Scotland 2021 – 2027 [pdf] (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/594088/211222-final-rbmp3-scotland.pdf)
233 Scottish Parliament (2025) Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought? (see: Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought? – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe) (accessed 13/06/2025)
234 SEPA (2024) State of Scotland’s Water Environment: Summary Report 2023 (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/4i2bfrjo/2023-classification-summary-report.docx#:~:text=Scotland's%20water%20environment%20classification%20results,from%2067.1%25%20to%2067.9%25.) (accessed 17/09/2025)
235 Scotland’s WFD aquatic monitoring strategy (2007) (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/38220/wfd_aquatic_monitoring_strategy-scotland_river_basin.pdf)
236 Historic Environment Scotland (undated) World Heritage Sites in Scotland (see https://www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support/listing-scheduling-and-designations/world-heritage-sites/world-heritage-sites-in-scotland/) (accessed 17/09/2025)
237 Historic Environment Scotland (2024) Scotland’s Historic Environment Audit 2024 (see https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=316d0ecc-350a-417c-a44c-b1da00f70e08) (accessed 17/09/2025)
238 Ibid.
239 Scotland’s Environment (2015) Historic environment (see: https://www.environment.gov.scot/media/1835/people-and-the-environment-historic-environment.pdf)
240 Scottish Government (2021) Heat in buildings strategy: strategic environmental assessment (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/heat-buildings-strategy-strategic-environmental-assessment/pages/7/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
241 Historic Environment Scotland (2018) Scotland’s Historic Environment in numbers 2018 (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/media/2556/shea_infographic_2018.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
242 Historic Environment Scotland (2020) Climate Action Plan 2020-25 (see https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=94dd22c9-5d32-4e91-9a46-ab6600b6c1dd) (accessed 17/09/2025)
243 Ibid.
244 NatureScot (2023) National Scenic Areas (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/national-designations/national-scenic-areas) (accessed 13/06/2025)
245 NatureScot (undated) Local Designations (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations) (accessed 13/06/2025)
246 NatureScot (2023) Local Landscape Areas (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/local-landscape-areas) (accessed 13/06/2025)
247 NatureScot (2023) Wild Land Area descriptions and assessment guidance (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/landscape/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/wild-land-area-descriptions-and-assessment-guidance) (accessed 13/06/2025)
248 Scotland’s Environment (2014) Landscape (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/media/1196/land-landscape.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
249 NatureScot (undated) Climate change: Impacts on landscapes (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/landscape/landscape-policy-and-guidance/landscape-climate-change) (accessed 13/06/2025)
250 Scotland’s Environment (2014) Landscape (see https://www.environment.gov.scot/media/1196/land-landscape.pdf) (accessed 13/06/2025)
251 NatureScot (2022) Climate change: Impacts on landscapes (see https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/landscape/landscape-policy-and-guidance/landscape-climate-change) (accessed 13/06/2025)
252 Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Land Capability for Agriculture maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6322683 (see https://soils.environment.gov.scot/maps/capability-maps/national-scale-land-capability-for-agriculture/)
253 Agricultural Census Statistics, June 2024 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/news-events/agricultural-census-statistics--june-2024.html)
254 Scottish Government (2025) Supporting Scotland's Transition - Land Use and Agriculture (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/supporting-scotlands-transition-land-use-agriculture-technical-supporting-document/documents/ ).
255 NFU Scotland (n.d.). Less Favoured Areas – Delivering for Scotland (see https://www.nfus.org.uk/userfiles/images/Policy/Support%20Payments/Less%20Favoured%20Areas%20%E2%80%93%20Delivering%20For%20Scotland%20v4%20-%20low%20res.pdf (accessed 12/06/2025)
256 NFU Scotland (n.d.). Less Favoured Areas – Delivering for Scotland. (see https://www.nfus.org.uk/userfiles/images/Policy/Support%20Payments/Less%20Favoured%20Areas%20%E2%80%93%20Delivering%20For%20Scotland%20v4%20-%20low%20res.pdf) (accessed 12/06/2025)
257 Agricultural Census Statistics, June 2024 (see https://www.ruralpayments.org/news-events/agricultural-census-statistics--june-2024.html)
258 Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: Total final energy consumption domestic and non-domestic (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=WholeSystem&Chart=EnConsumption) (accessed 13/06/2025)
259 Ibid.
260 Ibid.
261 Ibid
262 Scottish Government (2024) Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q2 2024 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q2-2024/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
263 Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: Equivalent proportion of gross electricity consumption coming from renewable sources (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=RenLowCarbon&Subsection=RenElec&Chart=RenElecTarget) (accessed 13/06/2025)
264 Scottish Government (2024) Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q2 2024 (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q2-2024/) (accessed 13/06/2025)
265 Scottish Energy Statistics Hub: Quarterly electricity generated from renewable sources (see https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=RenLowCarbon&Subsection=RenElec&Chart=RenElecGen) (accessed 13/06/2025)
266 Ibid
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