Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed a commitment from the Scottish Government to give community energy projects priority access to public land sites due for repowering. The move, announced in response to a question from Ms Roddick, will give communities in the Highlands and Islands a better chance to benefit directly from local [...]

First stop on Tuesday's Summer Recess adventure schedule was Assynt Hydro Ltd. with the Assynt Crofter’s Trust and Councillor Marianne Hutchison. It was amazing hearing about how the project came together through one man - John MacKenzie’s - passion and belief in it, to it now providing a steady source of income for the Trust, [...]

MSP for the Highlands and Islands Emma Roddick has claimed in Parliament that those who own multi-million-pound estates have a responsibility to ensure the wider community benefits from the land. The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, which is currently going through the Scottish Parliament having been introduced in March this year, aims to reform the law [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick this week heard from the John Muir Trust on its community projects in the areas around Lochinver and Assynt on a guided visit in the Culag Woods.   Ms Roddick was shown around the community-managed woodland by a team from the John Muir Trust as she continued her busy recess [...]

Emma Roddick MSP attended a public meeting in Invermoriston to discuss the Scottish Government's proposals for a Land Reform Bill, led by Minister for Environment and Land Reform, Mairi McAllan. Roddick commended Ms McAllan on social media for creating space for conversations around the Land Reform Bill so early in the process, explaining that this [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has weighed in on the recent land ownership scandal surrounding the “Everyone Wins” gift bags for top nominees at the Academy Awards, where recipients were given informal certificates from Highland Titles Ltd claiming they are now ‘lords’ and ‘ladies of Glencoe’ and granting them ownership of 1 square foot [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick today spoke out against big businesses purchasing land to offset their carbon emissions, who she claims “lack self-awareness”, while pointing out the need for further land reform in Scotland. She also raised the need for those proposing “rewilding” projects to understand the social context of why the Highlands are [...]