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Event Series Event Series: NFUniversity 2023/2024

NFUniversity: Social and Economic Impacts of Changing Land use and Land Tenure

in-person event

January 25, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PST

Companies and individuals are increasingly seeking to buy land in Scotland to benefit from its ‘offsetting’ potential, while farmers and landowners are being asked to increase the positive environmental impact of land use. The Scottish government was concerned with the social and economic impacts on rural people of changes in land use and tenure, so it commissioned research to measure current trends and guide policy on land reform, net zero and other environmental goals, natural capital governance, and community engagement in decision-making. Naomi Beingessner’s presentation will provide examples of both small and large-scale change from Scotland and other Global North countries and assesses the perceived and actual impacts – both benefits and challenges – on rural communities, businesses, and land managers, offering considerations for land use transitions and highlighting concerns regarding equity and social justice outcomes.

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Date:
January 25, 2024
Time:
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PST
Series:
NFUniversity 2023/2024
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Naomi Beingessner was born and raised in southern Saskatchewan, Treaty Four Territory. She completed an MA on alternative land tenure in Saskatchewan at the University of Regina in 2013 and a PhD on changing relations of agricultural land tenure and access in the Canadian Prairies at the University of Manitoba in 2022. She currently works as a social researcher at The James Hutton Institute in Scotland where her work focuses on socio-economic impacts of land use and ownership change on rural peoples. So far, this has included research on land reform futures, land use in a just transition, ‘green’ land investment, and community land rights. Her work often provides information and evidence for Scottish Government policy on land-related issues.

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