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Park that thought

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February 14, 2024

LAST month, opposition to the proposed creation of new national parks in Scotland brought some 110 farmers, crofters and other stakeholders to the Isle of Skye for a summit chaired by Alasdair Macnab, vice-president of NFU Scotland.

Park that thought

The organisation is calling for independent evidence on the value that existing parks bring to the agricultural and local communities and asking more specifically why the outcomes' of a new national park cannot be achieved by extant funding organisations, such as VisitScotland.

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