Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022-27 - Other - Page 53
Policy A1
e) Developing an approach to private
A timeframe within which the Cairngorms National
green investment in the National Park
Park will be net zero will be set by 2023, alongside
to fund nature’s recovery and share the
a target for becoming carbon negative, contributing
benefits between communities, landowners,
to the delivery of net zero for Scotland by 2045. This
workers and wider society.
will be supported by:
f) Research to support management options.
a) Focusing on nature-based solutions.
Policy A3
b) Being a rural exemplar in achieving a
Enhance the resilience of habitats, species and
just transition.
c) Working with businesses, land managers,
communities and visitors across the
land use to climate change, pest and disease risks.
Ensure that the integrity of designated sites is
maintained, with a particular focus on:
National Park.
d) Developing a wellbeing economy
(see People policy B1).
a) Collaborating on land use and flood
management, including natural flood
management, through river catchment
Policy A2
The management and use of land should deliver
multiple benefits and help deliver the Regional Land
Use Framework. This will be supported by:
management plans.
b) Enhancing the health and connectivity
of habitats.
c) Encouraging new woodland creation
that complements other land uses and
a) A long-term, planned approach by
the landscapes of the National Park.
land-based businesses to delivering
This should support forest habitat
environmental, economic and social benefits.
connectivity, be compatible with
b) Support for land managers to plan and deliver
moorland management and should not
environmental and social benefits,
adversely impact on local agricultural
underpinned by sound economic businesses.
priorities, including no wholesale
c) Working with farmers, crofters, communities
and land managers to optimise local food
conversion of enclosed, in-bye land.
d) Securing protection and restoration
production where factors such as supplier
of degraded peatland, and sustainable
capacity, supply chains and consumer
management of peat and carbon-rich
markets are favourable.
soils to maintain and improve their
d) Applying a regionally-targeted approach to
rural payments to deliver the most appropriate
range of public benefits to the National Park.
ability to store carbon.
e) Ceasing fires on deep peat and
reducing burning on shallow peat
soils through licensing.
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