Scottish Community Land Network

Welcome to the Scottish Community Land Network

You're seeing this message because you are a visitor - it disappears when you log in!

This site is for people interested in the management and ownership of land-based assets by communities in Scotland. A Scottish Community Land Network, you might say... As you know the internet is a big 'place' with everything about anything so we aim to bring you relevant news and events, and provide opportunities to share ideas with other people interested in this subject. So far there are over 800 members, and more than 500 articles in our archive.

We hope you will join the network so that you can share your views, experiences and aspirations of owning and managing land-based assets.

You can join for FREE - all you need is a valid email address. You'll receive a monthly email digest of news and views from the network, and get access to all the interactive features of this site, which show up when you log in.

The most recent articles are available on the home page - previous articles are in their relevant topic areas (browse the 'Topics' menu on the left).

Conservation Management

£2m project to conserve machair

User Rating:

/ 0

Details: Monday, 24 August 2009 08:15 Tamsin Morris Hits: 582

An RSPB application to the European LIFE+ fund has secured funding for a project to work with crofters and farmers to protect the machair grasslands on the west coast of Scotland.

The project, which matches £1m of European funding to support from Comhairlie nan Eilean Siar, RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage, is due to start in January 2010. The funding will be used to provide machinery, labour and advice to crofters and to encourage the use of techniques such as seaweed fertiliser, late harvesting and arable 'stooking'. The RSPB hope that the grant can complement and extend the funding available for machair management under the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP), which some crofters find difficult to access. You can read more about the project on the RSPB's website.