Communities, Conservation and Change in Scotland’s Wild Places ft. Mike Daniels

"We are all dependent upon the air that we breathe, the water we drink, the soils that we grow our food on. To mismanage them and treat them badly as we have done for centuries: we can't go on that way." In a special final episode for the series, Gordon meets up with Mike Daniels of the John Muir Trust in Scotland. They take a walk through the beautiful landscape of East Schiehallion in Perthshire, where the Trust has recently completed a million pound investment into restoring a footpath and visitor amenities on the mountain. Gordon and Mike discuss the unique nature of land ownership in Scotland and how that might be changing as more communities begin to take on stewardship of the land. Mike also shares schemes that have been put in place to restore a pre-Victorian version of nature and biodiversity to some of the areas they manage. They discuss the complex issue of deer management and the impact of burgeoning populations on animal health and trees, as well as how rewilding can involve communities and begin to address the imbalances and problems created by past exploitative land practises in Scotland. The pair finish their walk with a conversation about the proposed Carbon Emissions Land Tax and how this pioneering new legislation might support land use models that allow people and nature to co-exist. Visit the website to explore more international projects. LINKS: You can watch the video for this filmed podcast episode here Find out about The John Muir Trust East Schiehallion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Communities, Conservation and Change in Scotland’s Wild Places ft. Mike Daniels is an episode from Beneath the Baobab by Jamma International.

This episode is 38:04 long.

This episode was published on Nov 3, 2022.

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