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Buccleuch
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Scotland’s forests dominated by estates, investors and absentee owners, says report
Ownership of Scotland's forests is becoming increasingly dominated by wealthy estates, investors and absentee owners who live outwith Scotland, says a new study.
Plan to buy out Buccleuch in Scotland’s highest village
Residents of a Dumfriesshire village have published a detailed proposal for a community buyout of land owned by the Duke of Buccleuch.
Licensed to kill: the landowners who shoot thousands of brown hares
Landowners and farmers are licensed to kill more than 1,300 brown hares every year during the breeding season, prompting accusations that their young will be left to starve to death.
Buccleuch wind farm ‘could unearth lead contamination’ from old mines
The Duke of Buccleuch's plan to build a wind farm in southwest Scotland is facing fierce opposition from residents and politicians.
Resistance: The people fighting fracking in Scotland
Meet the people campaigning for a permanent ban on fracking and other unconventional gas extraction industries in Scotland.
Mining for coal gas could cause blasts, fires and quakes, says Sepa
Plans to gasify coal under the sea around Scotland could cause pollution, earthquakes, underground explosions, say government experts.
Secret filming alleges illegal fox hunting
League Against Cruel Sports campaigners secretly filmed the Duke of Buccleuch’s hunt and allege their video shows them breaking the law.
Buccleuch accused of “breathtaking arrogance” over huge wind farm plan
The Duke of Buccleuch lobbied the Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, and government officials behind closed doors to fast-track a £1 billion plan for one of Scotland’s biggest-ever wind farms.
