Rural and Environment
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Reflections of Chief Vet: 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak
1st March 2021 by admin
February marked the 20th anniversary of the start of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak of 2001 – the worst the UK has experienced. But it wasn’t until 1 March 2001 that the first case was identified in Scotland. As I have said before this is, in no way, an anniversary to be celebrated. It...
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Clarity on seafood support
26th February 2021 by Rebecca Macdonald
The UK Government must provide urgent detail on its new seafood funding scheme or risk undermining the support it is looking to provide businesses impacted by EU Exit and coronavirus (COVID-19), Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has said. In a letter to the UK Government ahead of the second meeting of the Scottish Seafood Exports Taskforce...
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Restoring our peatlands is a huge win for Scotland
16th February 2021 by admin
Writing in Scotland on Sunday, Environment and Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham discusses how peatland restoration can help in our global fight against climate change. CARBON gold – not often words that spring to mind when thinking about Scotland’s boggy landscape. Yet that is exactly what our peatlands are – huge stores of carbon created...
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New regulations mark land reform milestone
10th February 2021 by johnfitzgerald
Land Reform Secretary Roseanna Cunningham on the passing of regulations to make land ownership more transparent
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Fisheries Secretary responds to UK Government seafood funding announcement
9th February 2021 by Rebecca Macdonald
Commenting on the opening of the UK Government’s Seafood Disruption Support Scheme, Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing said: “After three weeks of waiting for detail, it is disappointing and beyond any rational explanation that this new compensation scheme will not help the vast majority of fishing vessels who continue to face the cost of the disruption...
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Working together to maximise the potential of our land.
5th February 2021 by admin
Regional Land Use Partnerships are being piloted to help develop Scotland’s approach to land use in support of our green recovery and transition to net-zero. The Partnerships will help national and local government, communities, land owners and stakeholders work together to find ways to optimise land use in a fair and inclusive way – meeting...
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£3 million for snowsports
30th January 2021 by Rebecca Macdonald
Snowsports centres across Scotland are to share a £3 million funding package to support them through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. £2 million funding was originally announced in December but has now been increased to £3 million. The funding will support snowsports centres that have been forced to close due to Level 4 restrictions to curtail...
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£3 million for snowsports
30th January 2021 by Rebecca Macdonald
Snowsports centres across Scotland are to share a £3 million funding package to support them through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. £2 million funding was originally announced in December but has now been increased to £3 million. The funding will support snowsports centres that have been forced to close due to Level 4 restrictions to curtail...
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Compensation needed for Scotland’s food and drink businesses
14th January 2021 by admin
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has urged the UK Government to provide compensation to Scotland’s beleaguered food and drink sector as a result of the current trade issues. The sector is currently facing a series of challenging impacts as a result of the Brexit deal establishing new non-tariff barriers. This is compounded by the coronavirus...
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Update on seafood sector exports
12th January 2021 by admin
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing met key seafood businesses and organisations this afternoon to discuss the ongoing issues affecting trade. Following the meeting, he said: “The plain facts are these very serious problems have arisen because of Brexit and the UK Government’s failure to agree to proposals about how to implement it – in particular...
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