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Member Scottish Parliament, Mid Scot & Fife - Scottish Green Party - Spokesperson Environment, Transport - he/him
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would come from this elevated status with tourism and economic impacts which would help bolster the forest as one the best natural environments Scotland has to offer.
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Galloway]. The Government should re-engage with Perth and Kinross Council and look again at the Tay Forest bid.
The money Scottish Government have set aside for this shouldn’t sit around in the bank, but rather be transferred into the community in Tay Forest who would relish the opportunities that
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fighting for the bold environmental action our future depends on.
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who had hoped to see their landscape protected and it won’t be quickly forgotten.
With World Environment Day highlighting the urgent need to act on protecting our planet, Scotland must lead by example. We need to invest in nature, not cut from it. The Greens will keep
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SNP need to decide who they stand with. Is it the rural elites that prioritise private gain over public good or is it those who are fighting to make Scotland a fairer, greener place to live?
The recent u-turn on Galloway’s National Park designation was a short-sighted betrayal of the communities
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by 2026.
However, the Scottish Government’s recent record on climate action sets alarm bells ringing. I am concerned that the Bill as it stands won’t go far enough and could potentially undermine environmental protections.
As the Natural Environment Bill makes its way to becoming legislation, the
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pushed out by those with much more financial muscle.
This is a crisis which can clearly be solved. We’ll only do that by taking on the wealthy few, those who pay very little tax while hoovering up the houses which other people need.
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Government has claimed that there was not enough support for the park. But last summer, communities across Scotland were competing against each other to have the opportunity of being the home of the next national park.
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far as to demand that Galloway should be Scotland’s third national park.
Fast forward to today. After months of consultation, and despite determined efforts from the local community and campaigners, plans for Galloway’s designation as Scotland’s third national park have been scrapped. The Scottish
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establish at least one new park. It also wasn’t an idea only supported by the Scottish Greens.
The SNP backed plans for a new national park. Even the Tories – now some of the most vocal opponents of the plans – committed to new national parks in their 2016 and 2021 manifestos. They even went as
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around in the bank, but rather be transferred into the community in Tay Forest who would relish the opportunities that would come from this elevated status with tourism and economic impacts which would help bolster the forest as one the best natural environments Scotland has to offer.
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or strongly agreeing with the proposal. This was despite facing similar aggressive counter campaigns.
The Government should re-engage with Perth and Kinross Council and look again at the Tay Forest bid we have public support.
The money Scottish Government have set aside for this shouldn’t sit
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some local politicians to show leadership and counter an aggressive misinformation campaign from landed interests.
Communities in Perthshire showed majority public support for a new Tay Forest National Park with 56.8% of respondents to Perth and Kinross Council’s eight-week consultation agreeing
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and communities and would be managed and controlled by local people themselves.
Scottish communities were competing against each other last year to secure a new National Park, it would be an embarrassment if SNP Ministers now blocked every community in Scotland from hosting a new park.
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opportunities, with the potential to create high-quality jobs, boost local food production and secure landscape scale investment in nature.
I hope the SNP ignore a small number of voices who want to stop any kind of change, anywhere. A Galloway National Park would have a positive impact for nature
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the Trossachs, have shown just how valuable the status can be. From effectively managing tourism and forestry to levering investment into transport and housing, National Parks are benefiting the communities they serve.
National Park status opens doors for areas that desperately need
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The perfume in the garden was amazing
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heat, sun and lack of rainfall have all contributed as climate breakdown moves from warnings to reality. Without fundamental change, the threat, and the cost of dealing with it, will only become more severe.
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largest peatland in Caithness and Sutherland doubled Scotland’s climate emissions for the days it burned, highlighting the special risks posed in Scotland.
We must redouble our efforts to restore and rewet peatlands, minimising the risk of flooding and wildfires while locking up emissions.
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