Question reference: S6W-18247
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 May 2023
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 June 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many land management orders have been made by the Scottish Ministers in each year since 2019.
Answer
The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 specifies that before NatureScot can apply to Scottish Ministers for a Land Management Order, they must first have sought to agree a Management Agreement with the respective land manager. It is for this reason that Land Management Orders are only used as a last resort. Since 2019, 58 Management Agreements have been put in place to restore natural features on protected areas and no Land Management Orders have been used.