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TWO years ago today, Scotland got its first national park. After a long haul from concept to Scottish parliamentary bill, the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park was in business.
But that was only the beginning, says Mike Cantlay, the chairman of a national park committee charged with "promoting sustainable economic and social development of the area's communities". Half a century of waiting should not be jeopardised by trying to rush ahead too fast.See the full content of this document
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Future Starts Here for Our National Parks
"Two years down the line, there are bits to look at - but it will be ten years before people can say, 'This has been a success'," he said. "If there was a huge impact on the park in the first three or four years it would mean we had probably not thought it through."
Park development has to come from the bottom up. That is why all 24 communities in the...See the full content of this document
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