Convener

*Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con)

Committee members

*Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab)

*Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)

*Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)

*Kate Forbes (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)

*Jenny Gilruth (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP)

*Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)

*Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (SNP)

*Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)

*David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Roseanna Cunningham (Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform)

Angela Heaney (Stirling Council)

Diarmid Hearns (National Trust for Scotland)

Dr Maggie Keegan (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

Dr Anna Moss (University of Dundee)

Martin Ogilvie (Dumfries and Galloway Council)

Professor Gary Pender (Institution of Civil Engineers)

Dr Emily Taylor (Crichton Carbon Centre)

Clerk to the committee

Lynn Tullis