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ARTICLE · 16 NOVEMBER 2023

The Next Steps In Land Reform: Agriculture And Climate Change

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With the Scottish Government's ambition to be "Net Zero" by 2024, it has launched a sequence of land reform and policy changes targeting the rural community.

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Daniel Taylor
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The upcoming Agricultural and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill brings with it new changes and potential impacts on the rural, crofting, and farming community.

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With the Scottish Government's ambition to be "Net Zero" by 2024, it has launched a sequence of land reform and policy changes targeting the rural community.

As a result, Net Zero has become a theme of discussion in the agricultural business world. Keeping up with the proposed changes to the management and organisation of rural business is of the utmost importance for farmers and crofters, to best prepare them for the future.

The rural community must adhere to these changes, and contribute to the move towards sustainability and the rise of natural capital as part of the Government's Net Zero ambitions.

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