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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Warning over future of Scotland’s parks
Scottish parks and greenspaces are in decline following cuts to funding
NEWS 27 June 2014 by Robert Armour
 
John Muir Trust welcomes map to safeguard wild areas
Conservation charity the John Muir Trust has hailed a new move to protect wild areas from development
NEWS 23 June 2014 by Graham Martin
 
RSPB condemns hen harrier persecution
Bird charity says more must be done to conserve charismatic raptor after evidence emerges of shooting in a national park
NEWS 20 June 2014 by Graham Martin
 
Plans to make it easier to buy public land
​Community empowerment bill includes extending community right to buy and protection for allotments
NEWS 13 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Scotland misses climate change targets again
​Greenhouse gas emissions rose in Scotland as the government missed its target for the third-year-in-a-row
NEWS 11 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Land reform laws need to benefit communities
Communities have two chances to create a fairer system of land ownership in Scotland
NEWS 10 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Land reform bill announced
Government minister says Scotland needs a fairer distribution of land
NEWS 9 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
A dam good idea
Five years on, Scotland’s first mammal reintroduction trial celebrates success
FEATURE 3 June 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Zero Waste Scotland seeks first board members
Environmental body Zero Waste Scotland is setting up as an independent body and seeking to recruit its first board and chair
NEWS 29 May 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Radical action now needed on land reform
David Cameron welcomes the land reform review group report and calls for decisive legislation to make its recommendations a reality
OPINION 26 May 2014 Guest post
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