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Scottish Green Highlands MSP Ariane Burgess has hailed new legal guidelines to guard birds of prey and peatland as a ‘important step in direction of ending the character emergency’.
The Scottish Government’s Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill will probably be debated within the chamber at Holyrood later right this moment as the ultimate a part of its passage by means of parliament.
It is a key a part of the co-operation settlement which took Scottish Greens into authorities.
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Scottish Greens rural affairs spokesperson Ariane Burgess MSP mentioned: “This is an important Bill that was a key commitment in the co-operation agreement that brought the Scottish Greens into Government.
“It is one piece of a new approach to land management which could reverse species loss and ecological decline, while creating rural jobs in stewarding our greatest asset: our natural world.
“It will be a significant step forward in terms of protecting our landscapes and tackling the scourge of wildlife crime, in particular the killing of Scotland’s golden eagles and other birds of prey.
“I welcome the new powers being given to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
“These are the bold, practical actions and protections that the Scottish Greens and wildlife campaigners have long called for.”
The Bill will even regulate and limit muirburn within the Scottish uplands.
Ms Burgess mentioned: “The burning of Scotland’s uplands to increase the number of grouse in shooting estates is bad for nature and bad for our climate.
“I am proud that this Bill will finally end this damaging practice on peatlands and regulate it elsewhere.”
