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Article 14: Natural Resources, Land Registration, Environment And Wildlife Protection.

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Recognising the need for effective and considerate use of Natural Resources, Land Registration, Environment and Wildlife protection.

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Section 14.1. Scotland’s natural resources will be held and managed by the nation in trust for future generations, developed and preserved in the national interest and set out within the national twenty-five- and fifty-year master plans which are reviewable every five years. These resources and any titles thereto belong to the citizens of Scotland. Non-citizens and corporations, both public and private, are confined to a time-limited Right to Use title under Land Rights legislation.

6 comments · 16 Aug 2020
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Section 14.2. Resources under national ownership include the seas and seabed within Scottish jurisdiction, wave, tidal and wind energy, the harvestable fauna and flora of the seas including mineral rights both proven and unproven, all land development rights including sources of fresh water, geothermal energy and minerals.

1 comment · 16 Aug 2020
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Section 14.3. The Scottish Government will secure the completion of the Land Register within two years of a vote in favour of independence and complete the process of appeal within two years thereafter. Following completion of the Land Register, any unregistered land will revert to public ownership. The Scottish Government will enact Land Rights Legislation, reviewable every ten years.

2 comments · 16 Aug 2020
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Section 14.4. The Scottish Government will enact an Environmental Protection Law that will outline the measures to be taken to improve living conditions for people and the biome for all living creatures in Scotland. Scotland has a duty to work with other nations to ensure the long-term protection of the global environment.

4 comments · 16 Aug 2020
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Section 14.5. On the basis that this planet is not exclusively for the use of homo sapiens alone, our biome will be recognised as an indivisible and a living whole. The protection of our mountains, peat bogs, rivers and lochs, our seas, all domesticated animals and wildlife against abuse will be prescribed by law.

3 comments · 16 Aug 2020
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Section 14.6. Government authorities, together with those who utilise Scotland’s natural resources, are responsible for the protection of the natural resources. The law permits government authorities to grant permits for the utilisation of natural resources against full consideration and for a reasonable period of time. Such permits will be granted on a non-discriminatory basis and will never entail ownership or irrevocable control of the resources but will always incur a bonded obligation of reinstatement.

1 comment · 16 Aug 2020

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