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1 SNH is developing a database which will provide a considerable body of evidence on SSSIs and some socio-economic data are collected in relation to this. However, the connection between this legislation and sustainable rural development is weak.
2 A draft internal government paper, summarising changes in land reform since 1997, already identified some relevant data for indicators to assess progress against the various criteria associated with the land reform agenda.
3 This is based on closed questions inserted into the Scottish Opinion Survey (a monthly Computer-Aided Personal Interview Omnibus), and has a typical annual sample representative of the Scottish adult population aged 16 years and over of 12,000 interviews.
4 This surveyed 10-15 year old school pupils by means of an interviewer administered self-completion questionnaire, and used the same method for 16-18 year olds topped up by street and college-based interviews. The sample size was 1,331 drawn from 11 local authority areas.
5 This uses a purposive sample of three target groups (recreational users, land managers and outdoor recreation managers) using a third-party approach (through representative bodies) for the distribution of postal self-completion questionnaires.
6 The categories are: favourable; unfavourable recovering; unfavourable no change; unfavourable declining; part destroyed and destroyed
7 Comprising the five main stakeholders - National Farmers Union of Scotland, Scottish Tenant Farmers Association, Scottish Estates Business Group, Scottish Rural Property and Business Association, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors - plus the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs and Scottish Government Greener Directorate.
8 A comprehensive, but clear, layman's guide to The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 is available from the Tenant Farming Forum.
9 Similar cases have recently been reported in England where comprehensive tenure reform has not been implemented.
10 Viewed at:
http://rcil.ros.gov.uk/RCIL/default.asp?category=rcil&service=home on 12/09/07
11 The 2007 Crofting Reform Act is clearly too early to consider any impact of
12 A brief questionnaire was sent to invitees unable to attend the workshop to capture as many views as possible. The questionnaire was designed to follow the workshop structure, beginning with individual views of land reform outcomes; and assigning these to the SRL framework and linking these outcomes to impacts and methods of assessment. Only three responses were received. A similar questionnaire was sent out to non-attendees at the meeting of the Access Forum which generated five responses. Broadly, the responses reflected similar themes to the workshop.
13 A financial instrument for the environment.
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