Community benefits from investment in natural capital - paper

In February 2023 Community Land Scotland published a discussion paper, 'Community benefits from investment in Natural Capital' to stimulate discussion about how we define community benefits and determine how they should be identified and delivered.

The paper proposes a definition for community benefits, gives different examples of community benefits and lists possible principles or best practice for realising community benefits. 

The John Muir Trust welcomed the discussion paper and submitted a response to the Scottish Land Commission in mid-March 2023. You can find our response available to download below.