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Agri-Environment Climate Scheme

The launch of the new Rural Payments and Services system last year was also the launch of a new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP).

One of these new SRDP’s is the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) which is run jointly with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Rural Payments & Inspections Division (RPID). The […]

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“We will no longer be the men who rule your Glen”

“The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black Black Oil” was a 1970s touring play describing the economic changes and land ownership issues of Scotland and its Highlands. This musical production details the elite Landlords who ruled Scotland’s Glens with Shooting Estates and claimed to be “the men who rule your Glen”.

But 40 years on with […]

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