Their energy and contribution are vital in adding value and in delivering a green recovery”
That the land reform process should continue and grow, which “will require the provision of fiscal, legislative and wider support mechanisms for more communities and individuals to deliver public and community climate benefits through land ownership (for example via peatlands restoration and management and woodland creation and management)”
That the Scottish Government bring forward a Natural Capital Plan for Scotland, outlining Scotland’s natural capital assets, identify best practices for how multiple benefits will be delivered, provide a code of practice for policy decisions related to natural capital and balance the economic and social value of communities adjacent to natural capital alongside delivery of wider public benefits
That the Scottish Government should produce a natural capital baseline to be monitored to assess progress
That progress should be made on a National Ecological Network
That the Scottish Government should align plans for job creation with plans for nature-based solutions and natural capital enhancement
That there should be conditionality in public support; in other words, that there are specific conditions that are required to be met attached to all public money
That the role of land use in a green recovery should be recognized in the third Land Use Strategy (which is being consulted on in winter 2020-21), and in the roll-out of regional land use frameworks
That regional land use partnerships be key delivery mechanisms for new...