Land
Increasing the Availability of Farmland for New Entrants to Agriculture in Scotland
Author / Creator: Annie McKee
Media type: Report
Date published: 2018
Land access is a critical barrier for new entrants to agriculture
Changes in climate variability with reference to land quality and agriculture in Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain Brown
Media type: Article
Date published: 2015
Changing climate variability has important implications for land-use planning and agricultural management
Climate change, drought risk and land capability for agriculture: implications for land use in Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain BrownLaura Poggio, Alessandro Gimona & Marie Castellazzi
Media type: Article
Date published: 2011
Drought risk is likely to have a significant influence on land use in the future.
Influence of climate change on agricultural land-use potential: adapting and updating the land capability system for Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain Brown
Date published: 2008
Climate change is likely to for land use changes in the Highlands of Scotland
Land reform in Scotland, History, Law, Policy
Author / Creator: Annie Tindley
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
A comprehensive multi-disciplinarty look at land reform in Scotland
Rethinking Communities, Land and Governance: Land Reform in Scotland and the Community Ownership Model
Author / Creator: Carey Doyle
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Imagine being in a place where community organisations have wide-ranging powers over land ownership and use.
Community-based land reform: Lessons from Scotland
Author / Creator: John Bryden
Media type: Article
Date published: 2007
Close inspection of the Scottish land reform leads to a series of questions about the relationship between land reform and community.
Land reform is the pathway to building true people power
Author / Creator: Josh Doble
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2025
Land reform – changing how land is owned, managed and leased – is a fundamental necessity in Scotland.
A Laird for our Times: Questions of Philanthropy and Community in the Scottish Highlands
Author / Creator: Simon Murray
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
‘For Every Winner a Looser’ – in the LRB (26/06/2025) John Lanchester reflects astutely on the importance of philanthropy for the financial billionaire class
Community Ownership and Local Landed Power
Author / Creator: Andy Wightman
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2026
Attempts to take over community land trusts by wealthy land owners.
Who Owns Scotland 2025
Author / Creator: Andy Wightman
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2026
Sotland's concentrated pattern of landownership continute to get worse.
Real Land Reform for our People, wildlife and environment
Author / Creator: Revive
Media type: Manifesto
Date published: 2026
This manifesto sets out how real land reform can be delivered.
Country of Origin Report 2024
Author / Creator: Registers of Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
408 landowners own half of all privately-owned rural land in Scotland
The Living Mountain
Author / Creator: Nan Shepherd
Media type: Book
Date published: 2011
A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
Regional Land Use Partnership LAND+Handbook
Author / Creator: Rachel Skene
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
A community-led approach to collaboration, for the benefit of people and place.
Scotland’s land reform : time to reverse the trend
Author / Creator: Josh Doble
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2025
Land reform is the pathway to building true people power.
Community benefits from natural capital investment; Route map
Author / Creator: Scottish Land Commission
Media type: Guide
Date published: 2025
This Route Map has been created as a guide for how to discuss and embed proportionate community benefits in natural capital projects, ideally from the outset.
Diversity and Inclusion within Community Ownership
Author / Creator: Community Enterprise
Media type: Research Report
Date published: 2024
Community ownership of assets has a deep-rooted and long-standing tradition, but has not yet fully addressed the needs of marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
Toward Inclusive Ownership - Adressing Systemic Barriers for Urban Communities in Scotland
Author / Creator: Gavin Cowan
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Significant obstacles such as delays in community ownership processes and mismanagement within Glasgow City Council’s community asset transfer system continue to exist.
Scottish Land Fund
Author / Creator: Scottish Land Fund
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
In 25 years the SLF has funded 450+ community buy outs.