This Land Use Framework carries out the long term Vision for sustainable land use in Scotland for the years 2016 to 2021. The Vision is to 2050 and is a high level strategic statement which reflects the varied nature of the interactions between different interests and land use. It is equally applicable across a wide range of interests for example land and water management, health, recreation, education and cultural heritage. The objectives of the land Use Strategy are: Land based businesses working with nature to contribute more to Scotland’s prosperity; Responsible stewardship of Scotland’s natural resources delivering more benefits to Scotland’s people; Urban and rural communities better connected to the land, with more people enjoying the land and positively influencing land use. The Strategy sets out the Principles for Sustainable Land Use. These include, amongst others, the principle that where land is highly suitable for a primary use (for example food production, flood management, water catchment management and carbon storage) this value should be recognised in decision-making, the principle that land use decisions should be informed by an understanding of the functioning of the ecosystems which they affect in order to maintain the benefits of the ecosystem services which they provide, and the principle that land-use decisions should be informed by an understanding of the opportunities and threats brought about by the changing climate.
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