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<\/a>Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div> The map shows 43 areas with the strongest wild land character, totalling approximately 20% of the country\u2019s land mass. It incorporates the previously identified search areas for wild land, which amounted to 13% of Scotland, plus some additional areas beyond those.<\/p>\n The map is a result of SNH\u2019s ongoing work to advise Scottish Government and others on the extent and location of the wild land resource in Scotland. It takes a systematic and robust approach to analysing how people experience wildness in the landscape. The map will help government and local authorities to take account of wild land in development planning, and eventually replace the map of search areas for wild land produced in 2002.<\/p>\n Andrew Bachell, SNH director of operations, said:<\/p>\n \u201cWild land is an incredibly valuable asset for Scotland. It makes an important contribution to our tourism industry and images of wild places also help support Scotland\u2019s world wide reputation as a beautiful and impressive country. It makes a crucial contribution to our quality of life and we know that most Scots consider wild places to be important to them. Wild land also supports biodiversity and is often associated with our most impressive wildlife.<\/p>\n \u201cLike all natural assets this resource must be managed sensitively if it is to be sustained. Our new map will enable planners and developers to take account of wild land, particularly in planning future windfarm and any other large scale developments. We wish to share this map as widely as possible with stakeholders, particularly in the context of the Scottish Government\u2019s consultation on its third National Planning Framework and Scottish Planning Policy.\u201d<\/p>\n The 43 areas, and their size in hectares, are: A new map showing the main areas of wild land in Scotland has been published today (Tuesday) by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). It is the first time this has been done in the UK. The areas include the part of the Monadhliath mountains south of the Findhorn – an area where applications for windfarms are currently going through the planning system. The map is shown on the right (click to enlarge) or can be downloaded here. The map shows 43 areas with the strongest wild land character, totalling approximately 20% of the country\u2019s land mass. It incorporates the previously identified…<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8833"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24754,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions\/24754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA new map showing the main areas of wild land in Scotland has been published today (Tuesday) by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). It is the first time this has been done in the UK. The areas include the part of the Monadhliath mountains south of the Findhorn – an area where applications for windfarms are currently going through the planning system. The map is shown on the right (click to enlarge) or can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n1 Merrick 7,858.06
\n2 Talla – Hart Fells 9,170.58
\n3 Broad – Dollar – Black Laws 9,883.32
\n4 North Arran 11,751.05
\n5 Waterhead Moor – Muirshiel 4,670.10
\n6 Jura, Scarba Lunga and Garvellachs 28,420.57
\n7 Ben Lui – Beinn Ime 16,050.60
\n8 Ben More – Ben Ledi 24,247.20
\n9 Upper Almond 26,772.37
\n10 Loch Etive mountains 51,564.76
\n11 Breadalbane – Schiehallion 45,500.27
\n12 Lyon – Lochay 7,345.77
\n13 Ben Lawers 8,142.69
\n14 Rannoch – Nevis – Mamores – Alder 119,653.62
\n15 Cairngorms 157,996.16
\n16 Lochnagar – Mount Keen 57,211.78
\n17 Monadhliath 82,868.78
\n18 Moidart – Ardgour 39,918.13
\n19 Knoydart – Morar 81,231.17
\n20 Rum 4,229.91
\n21 Kinlochhourn – Glen Quoich 24,319.19
\n22 Cuillin 17,132.05
\n23 Duirinish 4,505.89
\n24 Central Highlands 129,020.10
\n25 Applecross 11,934.43
\n26 Coulin & Ledgowan Forest 20,549.98
\n27 Flowerdale – Shieldaig – Torridon 31,745.86
\n28 Fisherfield – Letterewe – Fannichs 81,250.29
\n29 Rhiddoroch – Beinn Dearg – Ben Wyvis 91,529.68
\n30 Inverpolly – Glencanisp 20,544.22
\n31 Quinag 10,534.50
\n32 Reay – Cassley 57,179.99
\n33 Foinaven – Ben Hee 56,201.17
\n34 Cape Wrath 22,635.36
\n35 Ben Hope – Ben Loyal 21,652.25
\n36 Ben Klibreck – Armine Forest 53,154.50
\n37 Causeymire -Knockfin Flows 53,313.86
\n38 East Halladale Flows 15,898.88
\n39 Hoy 5,481.52
\n40 Ronas Hill & North Roe 5,235.74
\n41 Harris – Uig hills 44,221.41
\n42 Eishken 16,335.80
\n43 South Uist hills 10,164.53<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"