Richard Baynes

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Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings

Richard Baynes on July 12, 2020July 14, 2020

A fund set up to help community buyouts is heavily skewed towards a few local authority areas and has spent millions on buying assets already in public ownership.

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Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside

Richard Baynes on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

The Scottish Government is under growing pressure to act after confirmation that 87 beavers have been shot under licence in the eight months since they were given official protected status.

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Experts call for more controls to curb damage done by deer

Richard Baynes on January 29, 2020January 31, 2020

Strict new rules should be brought in to curb the damage done by deer to the natural environment, according to a major report to the Scottish Government.

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Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Richard Baynes on January 13, 2020January 16, 2020

A powerful alliance of Scottish environmental groups has called for a radical rethink in the way deer are managed, which will mean making culls compulsory for landowners.

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Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics

Richard Baynes on August 7, 2018July 29, 2019

Expansion of Scotland’s salmon farming industry should be banned until welfare standards are improved, according to a new report from a leading Scottish animal charity.

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Probe into farmers’ failings on biomass boilers

Richard Baynes on December 14, 2017April 18, 2019

Energy watchdog launches investigation into revelations that Scottish farmers failed to get planning permission for ‘green’ boiler systems.

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Richard Baynes

Environment, Society

Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings

Environment

Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside

Environment

Experts call for more controls to curb damage done by deer

Environment

Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Environment

Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics

Environment

Probe into farmers’ failings on biomass boilers

Sub Club director’s family sold vacant site to hotel developer

Salmon farm rapped for toxic pesticide breaches

Adoption charities taking over Kinship carer service is ‘slap in the face’

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