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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Cairngorms estate goes back on sale after criticism of ‘green laird’ owner

View of a hill in the Far Ralia estate.
The estate agency selling Far Ralia said buyers could use the land to sell carbon credits to corporations. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

A Scottish estate that became a lightning rod for disputes over wealthy “green lairds” buying up the Highlands has been unexpectedly put up for sale.

The Far Ralia estate in the Cairngorms has gone on the market for £12m, three years after it was bought for £7.5m by an investment trust run by Standard Life, now Abrdn, as a way to offset carbon emissions from its properties.

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