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Taxing land in Scotland

Land is possibly the greatest immovable asset and store of wealth in Scotland that is not currently taxed. This paper offers Scotland an intriguing option, at a time when the Scottish Government is looking at land taxation, for what a land tax could look like and how it can work. It could be a powerful and effective tool to achieve genuine land reformat a pace that those who advocate for land reform would expect and hope for. Author: Doctor Craig Dalzell, Head of Policy and Research at Common Weal. Commissioned by REVIVE

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Towards a robust and comprehensive licencing scheme for shooting estates

This briefing outlines what grouse moor licencing should look like, what it should achieve and looks at how accompanying legislation should end the circle of destruction that surrounds the controversial industry. If these recommendations are put into place the unnecessary intensity of grouse moor management will end. If these recommendations are adopted by the Scottish Government, they will achieve their own stated goal of allowing a transition to better land uses for our economy and biodiversity. This will benefit our people, our wildlife and the environment.

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Our Land: a vision for land reform in Scotland and how we get there

Our Land: a vision for land reform in Scotland and how we get there offers a road map of how to achieve real land reform and shows that it’s all possible with the current powers of the Scottish Parliament. Grouse moors are a metaphor for the problems of land ownership – a few people managing land very badly at the expense of our people, our wildlife and the environment. Our Land shows us the way out of these problems with authoritative conviction while offering a vision for how Scotland might look.

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Calculating Cruelty: The results of a field study showing that up to a quarter of a million animals are killed each year in Scotland to ensure more grouse can be shot for “sport”

This report reveals that up to a quarter of a million animals are killed each year in an attempt to totally eradicate foxes, stoats, weasels, along with any other animal that indiscriminately fall into the traps and snares. Research shows that nearly a half of the animals killed are “non target species” such as hedgehogs, dippers and mistle thrush. This killing happens for one reason – to ensure there are more grouse to shoot for “sport”.

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Revive Manifesto

This Revive Manifesto sets out policies that we believe the next Scottish Parliament should address if it is serious about tackling climate change, land reform, social justice, protecting Scotland’s wildlife and biodiversity.

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A Better Way: How an alternative to grouse moors could help tackle climate change, increase biodiversity and benefit Scotland’s people

“Grouse moors, both burned and unburned, are lower in structural and species diversity, are less biologically productive and provide fewer ecosystem services than the woodlands, scrub and peat-forming bogs that could replace them. Continued management as grouse moors will maintain a large area of Scotland’s land in an impoverished state.” – This independent report commissioned by Revive, written by Dr Helen Armstrong (an expert in sustainable upland management), shows how an alternative to grouse moors can benefit our environment, our biodiversity and our people.

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Back to Life: Visions of Alternative Futures for Scotland’s Grouse Moors

Grouse moor management contributes little more than 0.02% of Scotland’s overall economy (GVA) and yet huge swathes of the country are dedicated to it. This report commissioned by Revive, written by the Common Weal think-tank, puts the economics of grouse moors firmly under the microscope by comparing them to other land uses that are less environmentally damaging.

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Mountain hare persecution in Scotland

Mountain hares are native to Scotland and an important part of the upland ecosystem: shaping their habitat through grazing, and providing a range of predator species, including golden eagles and wildcats, with an important food source. Population data is sparse but suggests mountain hares are in decline. Yet they are widely persecuted for sport and as part of organised culls. This report by OneKind reveals the hidden facts of hare culling and explains why Scotland’s native mountain hares need greater legal protection.

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Cruel and indiscriminate: Why Scotland must become snare-free

Snares have long been known to inflict extreme physical and mental suffering on captured animals, and recent legislation has not reduced this to any acceptable level. This report from The League Against Cruel Sports and OneKind argues that the time has come for a complete ban on the manufacture, sale, possession and use of all snares in Scotland.

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