New research paper suggests muirburn continues 'to fall short of sustainable practices' 🔥

They're still setting fire to grouse moors inside protected areas, burning on deep peat, steep slopes etc but this new detection method useful for monitoring ⬇️

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/04/29/new…

We were delighted to spend Monday evening with our friends REVIVE, League Against Cruel Sports, League Scotland, Animal Concern, RSPB Scotland, Scottish SPCA 🐾 & others to celebrate the passing of the Wildlife Management & Muirburn (Scotland) Bill.
📸 Our Director Bob Elliot with snare.

Here is a sporting estate that stopped driven grouse shooting, stopped burning the hills, reduced grazing pressure and look, natural regeneration, no cost, no planting and no tree guards. Beautiful!

Taxing Land in Scotland - new report published.

Authored by Dr Craig Dalȝell of The Common Weal , commissioned by REVIVE

Details ⬇️⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/04/12/tax…

Despite shooting industry lobbyists always saying that grouse moors are good for ground nesting birds...

Hen Harriers are ground nesting birds - but they don't do so well on grouse moors.

One may wonder why

433 people own half of Scotland's private land

Scotland needs land taxes on estates

This could:
💷 Bring hundreds of millions of pounds to Scotland's local authorities
👇 Bring large landed estate prices down
🏞️Lead to more community ownership

READ => revive.scot/wp-content/upl…

433 people own half of Scotland. Tax the land and that could raise 450 million for Scotland. REVIVE The Common Weal revive.scot/wp-content/upl…

This paper offers 'a powerful and effective tool to achieve genuine land reform at a pace that those who advocate for land reform would expect and hope for.'

By The Common Weal, Commissioned by REVIVE

Download here => revive.scot/publication/ta…

Andy Wightman Lesley Riddoch

'Satellite-tagged birds from Scotland continue to disappear, suddenly and suspiciously, and often in areas managed for driven grouse shooting.'

The latest Hen Harrier survey results are out, and it’s a mixed picture in Scotland.

The survey is the sixth of its kind, and the first one since 2016. A lot can change in seven years, let’s have a look.

The good news is the west Highlands, Hebrides and Orkney continue to

This paper offers 'a powerful and effective tool to achieve genuine land reform at a pace that those who advocate for land reform would expect and hope for.'

By The Common Weal, Commissioned by REVIVE

Download here => revive.scot/publication/ta…

Andy Wightman Lesley Riddoch

For the first time, a proposal for a Scottish land tax:

🔘 Estimates potential revenue for Scotland as a whole
🔘 Combines real estate data with data on economic potential of land
🔘 Estimates Local Authority revenues

Our Land Tax paper in The National:
thenational.scot/news/24234627.…

For Green Party members - REVIVE will be hosting a fringe meeting at the Scottish Greens conference today on land reform, taxation and power.

Time; 15:45

We hope to see you there!

#SGPConf

An excellent podcast with Andy Wightman and Dr Craig Dalȝell looking at the land reform Bill: where is it lacking and what can be done about it?

An excellent podcast with Andy Wightman and Dr Craig Dalȝell looking at the land reform Bill: where is it lacking and what can be done about it?

Shona Robison has hit out at the UK Government for not granting an exemption to the Internal Market Act for a ban on the sale of glue traps 👇

thenational.scot/news/24223030.…

“The relevant measure was passed with the support of every party in the Scottish Parliament...'

It would be wrong for the intentions of this Bill to be blocked by the UK Government after so much scrutiny in Holyrood

news.stv.tv/politics/shona…

A positive future for sustainable deer management in Scotland - guest blog by Duncan Orr Ewing.

Important opportunity for you to participate in a Scot Govt consultation, closes this Friday (29th)!

Details ⬇️⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/03/27/a-p…

Grouse estates thought they were above the law, but those days are coming to an end – my The Scotsman column today. REVIVE scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

Great article by Dr Richard Dixon in The Scotsman - reflecting on the grouse Bill, snaring ban and the blow to the grouse shooting industry's circle of destruction