Regional Priority Code | Adaptations to Mitigate Climate Change Priorities | Relevant Packages |
| Climate change and man's contribution is widely recognised as the most important issue facing society today. In Shetland there is scope for individuals, land managers and other businesses and communities to reduce their contribution to climate change by managing natural stores of carbon more effectively, reducing their energy use, using energy more efficiently and generating their own energy from the islands' great wealth of renewable sources. | |
Orkney's islands and settlements are vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to their low lying nature. In Orkney there is scope for individuals, land managers and other businesses and communities to reduce their contribution to climate change by managing natural stores of carbon more effectively, reducing their energy use, using energy more efficiently and generating their own energy from the islands' great wealth of renewable sources. |
| Improved carbon sequestration, through conservation of soil organic matter, e.g. through organic conversion or maintenance, and, expansion of woodlands (in preferred areas identified in regional Indicative Forestry Strategies or Woodland Strategies) where such contribute towards meeting targets in Scotland's Climate Change Programme. In particular proposals that: | 31 |
for Shetland; - improve soil conservation in areas where current land use results in net loss of soil organic matter
- restore degraded peatlands
- expand appropriate woodlands that are in line with the Shetland Woodland Strategy and Woodland Habitat Action Plan where such woodland expansion contributes towards meeting targets in Scotland's Climate Change Programme.
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for Orkney; - improve soil conservation in areas where current land use results in net loss of soil organic matter
- restore degraded peatlands
- expand appropriate woodlands that are in line with the Orkney Woodland Strategy and Orkney LBAP where such woodland expansion contributes towards meeting targets in Scotland's Climate Change Programme.
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| Reduced emissions of greenhouse gases from land based operations, through use of 'green' technologies, appropriate management practices (e.g. organic conversion or organic maintenance, targeted fertiliser applications) and minimising emissions from every stage in the supply chain. Particularly proposals that: | 33 & 34 |
for Shetland; - minimise waste in product design, packaging and end usage, and use materials capable of recycling or reuse
- reduce need to travel by securing the viability of local services; promoting the development of local markets, e.g. for local food
- use alternative, sustainable, non-polluting technologies, e.g. green transport
- increase energy efficiency and conservation
- compost organic material on-site.
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for Orkney; - minimise waste in product design, packaging and end usage, and use materials capable of recycling or reuse
- reduce need to travel by securing the viability of local services; promoting the development of local markets, e.g. for local food.
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| Improved carbon sinks, through an increase in the use of low impact silvicultural systems within existing woodlands, and promotion of peat bog and woodland regeneration/restoration, particularly in areas where they have greatest benefit for long-term carbon storage. In particular proposals that: | 31 |
for Shetland; - Protect existing and, where feasible, restore degraded peat bogs
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for Orkney; - Use alternative, sustainable, non-polluting technologies, e.g. green transport
- Increase energy efficiency and conservation
- Compost organic material on-site
- Mitigate/compensate for the loss of woodland from other works
- Protect existing and, where feasible, restore degraded peat bogs.
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| An efficient and reliable wood fuel supply chain, through the development and sustainable management of short rotation coppice, short rotation forestry, biomass and bio-fuel crops and other renewable energy projects on appropriate sites. In particular proposals that: - Contribute to the viability of shared Biofuel/Bioenergy generating plant on appropriate sites in Shetland
- Contribute to the viability of shared Biofuel/Bioenergy generating plant on appropriate sites in Orkney.
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