There is an overt agressivity towards #landowners, which I partly agree with, but not much towards foreign investors who buy in bulk, sit on empty apartments until the right price, for them, is collected.
I have personally spoke with a few builders locally and they all candidly admitted how large swaths of properties are sold to rich investors.

#Scotland #reforestation #landowners #offsetting #CarbonCredits
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/19/highlands-stone-bridge-becomes-symbol-of-scottish-land-reform-battle

Explainer: Western Australia ditches Aboriginal heritage protection act

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/western-australia-ditches-aboriginal-heritage-protection-act-2023-08-09/?utm_source=reddit.com

Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from white corporate landowners.

#indigenous #protection #removed #corruption #bribery #corporate #white #landowners #iron #lithium #colonialism

Commission unveils proposal to boost climate-resiliant seeds, plant more trees https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/commission-unveils-proposal-to-boost-climate-resiliant-seeds-plant-more-trees/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ELO #Euroseeds #Landowners #plantreproductivematerials #seeds

The #Catholic #cartographer who wants to help the #church fight #climatechange
The Catholic Church is one of the world’s largest #landowners. Using public data and #GIS, #MollyBurhans is trying to make it a better steward. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/22/1074262/cartographer-fights-climate-change/

Invasive plant management by residential and absentee amenity rural landowners
"An estimated 22-45% of landowners in Australia are absentee. Our research aimed to better understand whether absentee land ownership in Australia makes a difference to how weeds are managed."

https://theconversation.com/are-tree-changers-bad-at-managing-their-rural-properties-a-new-study-wades-into-the-weeds-to-find-the-answer-206410
#rural #weeds #WeedManagement #Lifestylers #Landowners #InvasivePlants

'Public to lose access to thousands of miles of paths after landowner lobbying'

'Exclusive: Government U-turned on vow to abolish deadline for registering paths in England after letter from landowners'

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/public-access-paths-lost-landowners-lobby-government-therese-coffey-england/

I wonder how many of those landowners are descendants of the #Norman invaders?

#RightsOfWay #England #UK #Government #LandOwners

Is the #dairy&meat #industry a #hangover from #colonisation? #pigs, #cows #chickens are exploited, and people are okay with that. #Brexit supporters, #meat eaters and dog owners suggest #animalwelfare matters, yet farmers in the UK are often #gentry, #wealthy #landowners. The people who #work the farms are usually #renters, who pay the gentry and #foreignworkers who can be #indentured by #ModernSlavery. As a country, we love dogs because they are #perfectslaves, the #capitalistlies 🤔 #govegan

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2023/03/07/adare-manor-owner-jp-mcmanus-in-the-rough-over-tax-on-ryder-cup-lands/
<< a tough one this.

Should #Ireland let JP McManus (a non-resident billionaire) avoid a land tax because he plans on using vacant land, not to build house, but as a bus terminal for a future golf competition. FFS!

How beholden Irish people are to the wishes of extremely rich landowners is utterly tragic.

#taxavoidance #landowners #Limerick

Beavers: How Nature’s Engineers Are Making a Comeback

“To some, the beaver is an important symbol of North America’s diverse wildlife. Others revere the animal for its productivity. (You’ve no doubt heard the phrase “busy as a beaver!”)

To others, though, the #beaver is simply a pest to be dealt with. Over the years, this bucktoothed critter has gained a bad reputation among landowners for its tendency to chew down trees and craft intricate dams capable of stopping a rushing river and flooding #agricultural land.

Although people sometimes complain about beavers chewing down trees, they actually create more #habitats than they destroy. Landowners have also voiced fears that #beavers can damage valuable salmon stocks in local #rivers. Beavers don’t eat fish—though plenty of people think they do—and #landowners mistakenly imagine their dams could cause problems.”

(More)

https://www.nathab.com/blog/beaver-conservation/

Chris Townsend Outdoors: #Dartmoor Wild Camping: A Concession With Worrying Implications

“So #Darwall, the #landowner who took the case to court, will now be paid for allowing campers on his land, as will other #landowners. This should not happen.
No #NationalPark should be paying landowners to let people go #wildCamping. This is an outrageous use of public money.

http://www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2023/01/dartmoor-wild-camping-concession-with.html

Sorry everyone except #numismatic people - #numismatists although others are allowed to be interested!
I have a particular interest in the coins (Republican only - no #Fascist coins in my collection!) of the #SpanishCivilWar and the #SegundaRepública #Española
During the Civil War of 1936-1939, the Republic (Democratically elected, Left leaning, promoting education, women’s rights, and reducing the power and wealth of the #landowners and church) was attacked by a #Fascist insurrection, eventually led by the odious #GeneralFranco.
France, England and other European powers adopted a policy of non-intervention, but Franco and the fascists were supported by Hitler and Mussolini, with arms, artillery, ground forces and aerial support - the notorious #CondorLegion of the #Luftwaffe firebombed the peaceful town of #Gernika, in one of the worst atrocities of a brutal war.
The Republic ran out of money, after sending the Spanish gold reserves to Moscow, in exchange for arms and materiel, so local towns and villages were authorised to make their own - “monetarised anarchy” is a good description of the currency in circulation.
In the small village of #Gratallops, the local blacksmith, Sr Ricard Martí, made these coins out of zinc packaging from a shipment of carbide from the Basque Country. He cut the packaging, and stamped each coin by hand. They are extraordinarily rare, simple, and fascinating. 1 peseta and 5 centims shown

GOOD. Their old Mayor was turning it to concrete jungle w/fake grass & crap. #Langford became #LangFlat under his profits 1st reign. Only municipal without tree protection bylaw.
Goodmanson says the #interim measure will force #developers & #landowners to work with #CityHall on #TreeRemoval .
The temporary #bylaw is set to expire in six months. By then a new permanent #tree #management plan will go into effect, one that mirrors other plans in neighbouring municipalities.
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/langford-tree-bylaw-approved-as-stop-gap-measure-to-prevent-removal-mayor-says-1.6207066

Trespassing ... bollox.

#tresspass #got #landowners

Wow! Great #NyT article about an #app that tells us something we actually need to know: who owns what land in the USA.

‘ In answering the question of who owns what, #OnX helped bring to light how much #public #land — often highly coveted — is not reachable by the public. That’s because #private #landowners control #access.

Across #America, 15 million acres of state and federal land lies surrounded by private land, with no legal entry by road’

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/business/hunting-wyoming-elk-mountain-access.html
#parks

Wow! Great #NyT article about an #app that tells us something we actually need to know: who owns what land in the USA.

‘ In answering the question of who owns what, #OnX helped bring to light how much #public #land — often highly coveted — is not reachable by the public. That’s because #private #landowners control #access.

Across #America, 15 million acres of state and federal land lies surrounded by private land, with no legal entry by road’

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/business/hunting-wyoming-elk-mountain-access.html
#parks

Another #shinyapps tool using publicly available #usdanass data intended for use by the public:

Estimating Farmland Values Based on Historic Index Numbers provides indices of land values, which can be used to estimate farmland value for a given year using the current farmland value. Estimating stepped-up basis when comparables or appraisals are not available is one primary use of this tool.

#farmers #landowners #farmland #land #agriculture #rstats
https://agmanager.info/land-leasing/land-buying-valuing/estimating-farmland-values-based-historic-index-numbers

Another #shinyapps tool using publicly available #usdanass data intended for use by the public:

Estimating Farmland Values Based on Historic Index Numbers provides indices of land values, which can be used to estimate farmland value for a given year using the current farmland value. Estimating stepped-up basis when comparables or appraisals are not available is one primary use of this tool.

#farmers #landowners #farmland #land #agriculture #rstats
https://agmanager.info/land-leasing/land-buying-valuing/estimating-farmland-values-based-historic-index-numbers

#England's biggest #landowners not growing enough #trees – report | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/04/englands-biggest-landowners-not-growing-enough-trees-report

#Forests

Australia's #construction cartel strikes again.

Remember when everyone poured scorn on #China for their #wasteful construction to boost #GDP?

Well #Australia is following in China's footsteps due to #covid19, offering $150,000 grants to already-wealthy #landowners to #renovate properties.

Because we need to keep inflating that #propertyBubble - and #houses in Australia are just not big enough.

Renovation is fine, but not #moneyPrinting and #taxes to support excesses!

#auspol #scomo #giabo