The James Hutton Institute
This page is no longer updated. The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute joined forces with SCRI on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute.
THE STATE OF SCOTLAND'S FARMED ENVIRONMENT 2005
7. CULTURAL HERITAGE
SCOTLAND 'S POLICY ON CULTURAL HERITAGE
As part of its intention to work towards sustainable development, the Government seeks to encourage the preservation of our heritage of sites and landscapes of archaeological and historic interest, so "that they may be enjoyed today and passed on in good order to future generations". The Scottish Executive’s position is set out in Historic Scotland’s document Passed to the Future. Their primary policy objectives are that sites should be preserved wherever feasible and that, where this proves not to be possible, procedures should be in place to ensure proper recording before destruction, and subsequent analysis and publication (Scottish Executive, 1998). There is no existing Scottish Executive strategy or programme for the historic environment and although some historic environment targets might be addressed in the new SRDP none are identified in the existing agricultural strategy.
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