- Skilled and sensitive management is required to maintain many of the values of Scotland’s moorland.
- The practical guidance provided by Scotland’s Moorland Forum aims to inform / be relevant to moorland management for any purpose.
- Moorland Management Best Practice guidance aims to support / encourage consistently high standards of moorland management across Scotland.
- Guidance must be easily accessible and kept up to date.
- As every moor is different, guidance can include a range of management options and a range of approaches for each management process.
- MMBP guidance aims to provide advice on how moorlands can be managed to maximise their contribution to wider society.
- MMBP guidance is developed through consensus using practitioner knowledge and available evidence.
- New guidance will be developed, and existing guidance adapted as agreed knowledge changes.
- The guidance is endorsed by the wide range of interests represented on Scotland’s Moorland Forum.