land reform and nature
Land reform
In addition, we should abolish absentee ownership of Scottish land, and we should legislate to give tenant farmers and farm workers the right to buy.
We should convert Highlands and Islands Enterprise into an all-Scotland Land Development Commission, to break up the great estates where their ownership represents too much local power and/or where their land management does not support broad rural economic development and conservation.
Nature
We also recognise the sanctity of nature, and note that conservation is key to both the well-being of animals and humanity. As such, the Scottish Government should seek to preserve our natural world and historic sites, preventing the imposition of exploitative private capital to desecrate our natural beauty, such as in the case of Flamingo Land and in similar situations.
More broadly, national parks should be expanded and green spaces encouraged to reestablish the people’s connection to the environment.
In addition, we must recognise that much of Scotland’s ‘natural’ environment is manmade and deforested. As such, we must embark on a massive campaign of rewilding, expanding Scotland’s rainforests and woodland more generally, to promote wildlife and to absorb carbon dioxide to fight climate change. Crucially, to allow this transformation, the recent £2bn privatisation of Scotland's trees must be reversed.