THE SCOTTISH Gamekeepers’ Association (SGA) and Mountaineering Scotland have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government environment minister Roseanna Cunningham MSP urging the development of a land use policy which will protect rare landscapes and ensure access for recreation.
The two organisations say their memberships share a passionate interest in the nation’s landscapes and are concerned that a lack of joined-up thinking in policy making could endanger these environments.
In the letter, they said: ‘While Scotland’s open landscapes and upland moors are classed as rare in global terms, there is currently no policy position safeguarding them. Some areas are designated as of special ecological or scenic interest but most are unprotected and disregarded.’