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.