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.