APRS Resources

The Story of National Parks Policy in Scotland

This list of documents below offers a history of the policy around National Parks in Scotland that can act as a reference. These reports have been written by SCNP and APRS and by a range of government agencies and non-government organisations.

New National Parks for Scotland – Next Steps
Scottish National Parks Strategy Project statement welcoming the Scottish Government’s new commitment and proposing what needs to happen next, 2022

Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party – Shared Policy Programme
National Parks commitment contained in Section called ‘Our Natural Environment’, 2021

Support for Farming in National Parks
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2019

The Potential Socio-economic Impacts of a New National Park for Galloway
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2019

Still ‘Unfinished Business’ Five Years On
A summary of progress over the last five years

A National Park in Galloway ?

A discussion paper produced by the Galloway National Park Association, 2017

Feasibility Study for a proposed Scottish Borders National Park
Commissioned by the Campaign for a Scottish Borders National Park, 2017

Volunteering and National Parks in Scotland
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2016

A Galloway National Park
Produced by Dumfries and Galloway Council/Southern Upland Partnership, 2016

Tourism and Future National Parks in Scotland
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2016

A Borders National Park? Website
Produced by a scoping group led by Jane Bower who is Vice Chairman of APRS.

Future National Parks in Scotland – Possible Governance Models
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2015.

The Socio-economic Benefits of New National Park Designations in Scotland report.
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2015.

Unfinished Business 
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks & Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, 2013.

Isle of Harris National Park feasibility study
Produced by Bryden et al, 2008.

Scotland’s First Coastal and Marine National Park – a consultation
Produced by Scottish Executive, 2006.

SNH Advice on Coastal and Marine National Parks  – Advice to Scottish Ministers
Produced by Scottish Natural Heritage, 2006.

Download the National Parks – Towards a Strategy for Scotland
Produced by Scottish Campaign for National Parks, 2004.

National Parks for Scotland – Advice to Government
Produced by Scottish Natural Heritage, 1999. 

Protecting Scotland’s Finest Landscapes
Produced by Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link, 1997.

The Mountain Areas of Scotland – Conservation and Management
Produced by Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1990.

The National Park Debate in Scotland
Unpublished report by Graham Barrow, 1982

A Park System for Scotland
Produced by Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1974.

National Parks – A Scottish Survey
Produced by The Ramsay Committee, 1945.

Lower Glen Feshie, Cairngorms National Park
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