Many rural communities in Scotland are bound together through a connectedness to the land.
Successive generations may have lived in the same area for centuries, with traditions, culture, the ways of knowing and the ways of doing, passed from father to son, mother to daughter over many years.
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This wealth of knowledge and tradition combine to provide a unique living heritage and valuable legacy for future generations. It is the rural practitioner that understands the ebb and flow of natural processes, who has respect for the quarry and biodiversity at large, who knows best the hills and glens, where the curlew nests, where the salmon lie, where the stag will shelter.
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This knowledge and continuity with unique identity and culture, enriches the rural community, a valuable part of Scotland’s social heritage to be safeguarded.
A Just Transition ⅰ, maintains ALL Scotland’s people are included in the drive to net zero with local traditions, heritage and culture respected and protected.
ⅰ. Scottish Government. 2021. Just Transition Commission A national mission for a fairer, greener Scotland.
