'Do something for wildness and make the mountains glad.' (work of Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland)(Our Outdoor Heritage)
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The Heritage Lottery Fund has become involved in conservation work in Scotland. It has provided grants for conservation charities to purchase Highland estates and restore ancient forests and habitats, for example, and is therefore playing a role in the improvement of land management practices. The John Muir Trust has received 176,000 pounds sterling from the Heritage Lottery Fund since early 1997, and this has allowed it to make significant land purchases. The Heritage Lottery Fund has also assisted the Woodland Trust with the purchase of the Glen Finglas hillfarming estate.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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Knoydart bereft by exit of saviour
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Sir Cameron Mackintosh, owner of the Nevis Estate on the west coast of Scotland, had planned to purchase the neighbouring 17,000 acre Knoydart estate and lease it back to the residents at a nominal rent. However, he has now withdrawn from negotiations, and this means that the Knoydart peninsula faces an uncertain future. The community association has now relaunched its public appeal to pay for a buy-out. Knoydart Peninsula Ltd, controlled by businessman Stephen Hinchliffe, went into receivership in Nov 1998, and the receiver is seeking 850,000 pounds sterling for the estate.
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New buyer being sought for property
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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A fresh start in the land where eagles dare
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The National Trust for Scotland faced many challenges when it gained control of the 77,500-acre Mar Lodge estate in the Cairngorms, Scotland, in 1995. It was necessary to introduce significant cultural changes, both at the estate and within the National Trust for Scotland, in order to address these challenges. There are now signs that the management of the estate is being improved. A great deal of fencing has been removed, for example, and plantations of 25-year-old Scots pines have been thinned.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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