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Journal 70 Spring 2021 JOHN MUIR TRUST 16 Care and repair – celebrating 21 years of looking after Ben Nevis 20 Rural communities and the JOURNAL impacts of visitor pressures 28 How you have stayed connected 70 SPRING 2021 with wildness during lockdown A grand vision How Scotland can deliver large-scale natural carbon capture CONTENTS 033 REGULARS 05 Chief Executive’s welcome 06 News round-up 32 Books Regeneration: The Rescue of a Wild Land, by Andrew Painting; English Pastoral: An Inheritance, by James Rebanks; The Lives of Bees, The Untold story of the Honey Bee in the Wild, by Thomas D. Seeley 10 34 Interview Daisy Clark speaks with sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter about his love of spending time in the mountains with his now rather famous dogs, Olive and Mabel 34 FEATURES 10 Thinking big Ahead of Scottish Parliament elections in May, the Trust has launched a bold manifesto, which includes a proposal for large-scale, natural carbon capture on land 15 The next step Mike Daniels reflects on the launch of a year- long study to gauge public attitudes around the possible reintroduction of Eurasian lynx to the Scottish Highlands 16 A storied mountain From giants to geologists, guides and climbers, Mick Tighe charts some of the rich folklore and history associated with Ben Nevis 19 Coming of age As the Trust celebrates 21 years of caring for Ben Nevis, Nathan Berrie looks back on a busy couple of decades 20 Frontline realities 28 19 Cecilie Dohm reports on the Trust’s visitor management research and the experience of PHOTOGRAPHY (CLOCKWISE FROM MAIN): CHRISTINA RILEY; MARK HAMBLIN; ANDREW COTTER; ALEX GILLESPIE speaking with rural communities about the impacts of visitor pressures COVER: REGENERATING BIRCH AND ROWAN, CREAG MEAGAIDH NNR BY MARK HAMBLIN/SCOTLANDBIGPICTURE.COM 24 Answering the call As we enter the UN Decade on Ecosystem JOURNAL 70, SPRING 2021 Restoration, Ali Wright explores the Trust’s response to the twin challenges of biodiversity Contributing Editor: loss and climate change Rich Rowe [email protected] 28 Staying wild Managing Editor: Phil Stubbington explores how a variety Alan McCombes [email protected] of people associated with the Trust have managed to stay connected with the wild Design and production: during this most challenging of years Connect Communications connectcommunications.co.uk 30 Time to plan This journal is printed on Revive 100 uncoated If you would rather receive publications from With restrictions gradually beginning to ease, stock, a recycled grade paper containing 100% the John Muir Trust electronically, please now is a perfect time to plan a Journey for post-consumer waste and manufactured at a email [email protected] Wildness. is inspired by three mill accredited with ISO 14001 environmental Julie Gough management standard. The pulp used in this The John Muir Trust is a Scottish charitable people who have done exactly that product is bleached using an Elemental company limited by guarantee. Registered Chlorine Free (ECF) process. We use a Scottish office: Tower House, Station Road, Pitlochry printer, which has excellent environmental PH16 5AN credentials, achieving environmental standard ISO4001 plus FSC and PEFC standards all Charity No. SC002061. in 2006. Company No. SCO81620 HEAD OFFICE John Muir Trust t. 01796 470 080 Sign up for our monthly enewsletter at johnmuirtrust.org/newsletter Tower House w. johnmuirtrust.org Station Road Pitlochry Follow us on: Keep up-to-date with events and local activities at Perthshire PH16 5AN @JohnMuirTrust johnmuirtrust.org CHIEF EXECUTIVE 05 Holistic approach to change OVER this past year, businesses, NGOs and governmental agencies around the world have been forced to change the way they work and find new ways of communicating and collaborating. Knowing what we know now, it is hard to imagine a return to the days when senior business executives would routinely board a transatlantic flight to attend a one-day meeting. For the future of our planet, that’s good news. For many years, the John Muir Trust has argued that, in addition to looking for greener ways of generating more power, we also need a stronger focus on reducing our overall energy consumption. To show that’s not just empty words, we have taken serious steps to reduce our own carbon footprint, including the very recent appointment of a dedicated Carbon Officer whose role is to spearhead a collective effort by staff and Trustees to ensure we become a ‘carbon credible’ organisation. We prefer to use that term rather than the more familiar ‘net zero’ which has an emphasis on production of carbon while neglecting consumption. We intend to take a more holistic approach, looking at everything we do, from the management of our land to how staff commute to work. Society-wide changes in working practices also offer may not guarantee instant sunshine but do offer new hope to some of our most vulnerable rural breathtaking scenery and a relationship with nature communities. These past 12 months have that no Mediterranean beach could ever match. demonstrated the power of technology to break down I am delighted that more and more people are geographic barriers. With the right infrastructure in making a connection with our magnificent place, including universal high-speed broadband and mountains, woodlands, rivers and coastlines in every more affordable housing for young people, deserted corner of the UK. Even a short visit to one of Britain’s glens in the Scottish Highlands and other fragile rural wild places can be the first step along the road to fully areas could be brought back to life. Central to that, appreciating and fighting to protect our natural assets. however, will be the question of how Scotland and the Personally, I have no problem if that journey involves rest of the UK uses and manages our land. a barbecue, or a beer in the open air – the mantra is As we go to press, the Scottish Government has just leave only footprints. announced its response to the report published earlier At the same time, we know that some of our this year by the independent Deer Working Group and communities are concerned that existing facilities and I’m delighted to say that it’s great news. Out of 99 infrastructure are not geared up to cope with a surge in recommendations set out in the report, the Scottish visitor numbers on a repeat scale of last summer. Many Government has accepted 91, including all the feel that their voices are not always heard by the bigger substantial changes that we and others in the tourist businesses, nor by local and national politicians. environmental sector have been campaigning for over The Trust has always tried to stand up not just for many years. The changes will require major legislation nature, but also for the people and communities who in the months and years to come, but at long last a new live in and around our wild places. It is in that spirit that dawn appears to be breaking over the horizon. we undertook extensive research based not on In the meantime, ahead of the Scottish election on impersonal data but on the living experience of 6 May, we have published our own manifesto which sets communities for whom tourism has become a double- out eight policy priorities which ensure our work edged sword: economic and social benefits on one side, achieves a healthy balance that meets the needs of but disruption and thoughtless behaviour on the other. communities, nature and climate. This manifesto You can read more about that research on page 20. includes a pioneering new policy to accelerate changes Finally, I would like to provide a wholehearted plug in land management in the face of the climate for the Trust’s new website, which launched in March. emergency. The policy is explained in detail on page 10. Bright, attractive, user friendly and outward facing, it is In this issue, we also carry an important feature on an impressive showcase of the breadth and diversity of the impact of tourism on local communities who live in our work. Well done to everyone involved in getting the and around some of the land in our care and other site up and running. I invite you all to have a good look popular visitor destinations. through the new-look site. With international travel likely to be scaled back for the foreseeable future, millions of people across the UK David Balharry PHOTOGRAPH: JOHN MUIR TRUST MUIR JOHN PHOTOGRAPH: are starting to rediscover places closer to home which Chief Executive, John Muir Trust 06 NEWS JOHN MUIR TRUST JOURNAL SPRING 2021 Langholm land purchase finalised The south of Scotland’s largest community buyout, supported by a £100,000 investment from the Trust, has been completed and work can start on creating the new Tarras Valley Nature Reserve The legal work for the Langholm Initiative to purchase 5,200 acres was completed towards the end of March and the community development trust is now recruiting two roles. These posts, supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and South of Scotland Enterprise respectively, will help get the community up and running as a new landowner. A new Estate Manager will develop an integrated land management plan for the new Tarras Valley Nature Reserve and kickstart a number of environmental projects on the ground, while a Development Manager will consolidate existing revenue streams and develop new ones to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of the project. Meanwhile, the Langholm Initiative has received funding from NatureScot to help plan for an expected increase in visitors post lockdown. One of the key aims and challenges of the project is to promote sustainable eco-tourism, while protecting the AUTY LIZ PHOTOGRAPH: sensitive areas of the site.
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