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 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.
