About Us
The Moorland Management Best Practice Steering Group
The Steering Group partners represent a broad diversity of practical moorland management in Scotland.
The list below shows the current partner representatives:
Steering Group Chairman: Patrick Laurie
MMBP Project Officer: Louise Farmer
British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC): Cameron Balfour
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT): Ross MacLeod
Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA): Ronnie Kippen
Scottish Land and Estates (SLE): Nic MacLeod
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB): Andrew Midgley
Cairngorms Connect: Colin McClean
National Trust for Scotland (NTS): Ross MacKay
Heather Trust: Katrina Candy
Scottish Moorland Association: Les George
National Farmer’s Union Scotland (NFUS): Georgia Watson
Moorland Licensing Project Manager (NatureSCOT): Elinor Grant
General and legal
The information provided in the Moorland Management Best Practice collection is for general guidance on moorland management in Scotland only. The application and impact of laws can vary widely based on the specific facts involved and laws, rules and regulations change with time. Accordingly, the information in the Moorland Management Best Practice collection is provided with the understanding that the authors and publishers are not herein engaged in rendering legal, or other professional advice and services.
Accuracy and use of information
The information contained in these guides is for general guidance on moorland management in Scotland only. Whilst these guides show ‘Best Practice’ they cannot cover every conceivable operation or situation.
All information in these guides is provided ‘as is’ with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance and fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event will the Moorland Management Best Practice Group, or the Steering Group partners, thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this site or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Practitioners therefore will need to ensure that they comply with their Statutory obligations, for example Health & Safety and Animal Welfare legislation.
These guides make reference to other publications and websites maintained by third parties, of which Moorland Management Best Practice makes no representations as to the accuracy or any other aspect of information contained in other material.
Acknowledgements
The Moorland Management Best Practice Steering Group are extremely grateful to a wide range of professional and part-time moorland managers, individual experts, students and organisations who have given up their time to help ensure the quality of the guides.