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   Bob Jamieson (bobjmsn@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 06:20:05 JST Bob Jamieson

   The more national parks Scotland has, the better off we will be

   https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24138718.national-parks-scotland-better-off-will/

   #Scotland #ScottishGreens #NationalParks

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 06:20:04 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @bobjmsn why? Serious question.

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     Lilly Hunter (lachasseuse@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 06:46:05 JST Lilly Hunter

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     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs Read the article and you'll find out.
     @bobjmsn

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 06:48:06 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @LaChasseuse @bobjmsn nope.#paywall

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     Bob Jamieson (bobjmsn@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 06:50:46 JST Bob Jamieson

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     • Lilly Hunter
     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs @LaChasseuse Edited and put up a new link.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 06:59:01 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse I appreciate your efforts but I can't open that one either.
     I worry a bit about new park authorities being created. I know and have dealt with Cairngorms a bit. It isn't a totally positive picture.

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     Lilly Hunter (lachasseuse@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 08:23:15 JST Lilly Hunter

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     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs @bobjmsn Here's the article on the internet archive, without the paywall: https://web.archive.org/web/20240223085438/https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24138718.national-parks-scotland-better-off-will/

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 08:34:43 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @LaChasseuse @bobjmsn "These two parks, created in the early years of devolution, have proved themselves in terms of the great benefits they have brought to local communities by creating jobs, vibrant local economies, supporting visitor management and investment in facilities, and protecting and restoring the natural heritage of the area." Have they, aye? Evidence, please.

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     Lilly Hunter (lachasseuse@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 08:42:13 JST Lilly Hunter

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     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs Look hon, don't argue with me about it - if you have thoughts about this, take it up with the Greens who have put forward this plan - Ariane Burgess and Lorna Slater.
     I'm sure they will find it useful to hear your points.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 08:45:37 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @LaChasseuse you're funny. 😂😂🤣

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     Bob Jamieson (bobjmsn@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 20:11:32 JST Bob Jamieson

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     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs @LaChasseuse Sorry, I am not a National newspaper subscriber, and, while I can read it by saving it in the "pocket" facility in Firefox, obviously that doesn`t work for you. I received the link through an email from Scottish Greens.
     I understand that there are concerns about creating national parks, but with biomass of domestic species exceeding wild species now, reserved natural spaces are essential for humans and the planet.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 20:18:38 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse so having read the article, my question still stands. Why are more national parks a good thing? That article is a collection of positive statements without any actual data to back it up. It doesn't mention any of the problems that are clearly documented, which rings alarm bells for me about how useful the article is. I like the idea of National Parks, but I also think a critical eye is important if more are to be rolled out.

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     Bob Jamieson (bobjmsn@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 20:18:39 JST Bob Jamieson

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     • Lilly Hunter
     • Mrs Cloudy

     @LaChasseuse @CloudyMrs Thank you!

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 20:52:04 JST Peter Brown

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     @CloudyMrs @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse I think the main benefit is in planning. There is a presumption in favour of development, but in a national park, this is mitigated in a way that planning law alone cannot do.
     Properly constituted, it can protect local activities like fishing whilst prohibiting it for visitors and large boats, as is the case in La Maddalena national park in Italy.
     National Park status can also give an income stream which is not available to the council for local improvements.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 21:53:49 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @peterbrown @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse "properly" is the important word there. Who is currently deciding what is proper. Scotland has a quango hangover that seems baked into everything. The balance between the weight given to opinion from outside agencies vs local people doesn't seem quite right. Yes funding comes in, but how it's spent sometimes feels a bit random.

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 01:22:18 JST Peter Brown

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     @CloudyMrs @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse Certainly it is a type of quango.
     I believe there is a material difference between the organisation of the Cairngorm park and Loch Lomond, in terms of local involvement.
     I think the reason that Isle of Harris were not allowed to proceed with the National Park was that the council did not want to give up powers to the national park.

     It’s all about being in there at the beginning and making sure there is enough local representation, not the usual suspects.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 01:42:18 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Peter Brown
     • Lilly Hunter

     @peterbrown @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse how can folk who don't have any power or knowledge about the process of things, ever hope to get in at the start? By the time most ordinary folk hear about a thing, decisions have been made and deals already done.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 02:30:45 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lilly Hunter

     @peterbrown @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse
     Just saw this by coincidence. On Indeed.

     Board Member Appointment: Appointment of a Member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority Board

     The appointment is for four years and takes effect from 1 May 2024

     Scottish Ministers are looking to appoint a new Member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) Board.

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 03:13:32 JST Peter Brown

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     • Lilly Hunter
     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse community councils, local voluntary organisations, neighbourhood groups, and basically any kind of local organisation should flag up to, for example, the green party to keep themselves in the loop and get involved in their organisation.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 06:19:05 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Peter Brown
     • Lilly Hunter

     @peterbrown @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse lots of box ticking in 2024.

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 06:19:06 JST Peter Brown

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     • Mrs Cloudy

     @CloudyMrs @bobjmsn @LaChasseuse clearly as an over 50 white male I wouldn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. I don’t tick any of their boxes.
     I did apply to Scottish Canals last year but they weren’t interested either .