Land

Reading the Gaelic Landscape; Leughadh Aghaidh Na Tire

Author / Creator: John Murray

Media type: Book

Date published: 2016

How many people have looked at a map of the Highlands and been intrigued and yet, at the same time, felt excluded by the wealth and strangeness of the place names recorded?


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.