Recommendation 13

The Committee recognises the important role farmers and crofters must play in accelerating progress on peatland restoration and tree-planting at the scale needed to deliver the Scottish Government’s LULUCF targets, and highlights evidence suggesting RLUPs could be an effective tool for developing a localised and spatial approach to land management to complement the national area-based LULUCF targets. The Committee notes the intention set out in the draft CCP to place RLUPs on a firmer footing and requests further information on the process and timescales to achieve this.