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Episode 17

贰貌谤辫补 Series 29
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Donald Lamont investigates complaints about the wild goose population and its damaging effects on crofting land. The Scottish government announced funding to control numbers, but will it be enough?

Tha D貌mhnall Maclaomainn a鈥� rannsachadh na gearainnean a th鈥檃ig croitearean mu 脿ireamhan ge貌idh agus an droch bhuaidh a th鈥� aca air fearainn croitearachd. Bho chionn ghoirid dh鈥檃inmich riaghaltas na h-Alba barrachd maoineachaidh do sgeama sealg dha croitearan airson smachd a chumail air na ge貌idh - ach am bith seo gu le貌r gus an trioblaid a leasachadh? Tha Annabel NicIllFhinnein anns an Eadailt ag 猫isdeachd ris na h-argamaidean airson agus an aghaidh drochaid eadar eilean Sicily ann an ceann deas na h-Eadailt agus t矛r m貌r. 脌s d猫idh iomadach oidhirp seo a thoirt gu buil a bheil coltas ann gun t猫id e air adhart san 霉ine ri teachd.

Donald Lamont investigates complaints from crofters about the large wild goose population on the islands and its damaging effects on crofting land. The Scottish government recently announced funding over two years to further control numbers, but will this be enough to tackle the problem? Annabel Maclennan is in Italy to listen to the arguments for and against a bridge to join the island of Sicily in the south to the mainland, and asks, after years of false starts, whether it will ever happen.

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'S fhada bho bha 脿ireamhean ge貌idh na ch霉is uallaich do choimhearsnachdan croitearachd air Gh脿idhealtachd agus na h-Eileanan. Thathar a' coireachadh na ge貌idh ghlasa gu h-脿raid gu bheil iad ag ithe cus den fhe貌ir, a' truailleadh na talmhainn agus a' milleadh na h-脿rainneachd. Tha oidhirpean air a bhith gan d猫anamh le Buidheann N脿dair na h-Alba thairis air na bliadhnaichean a dh'fhalbh le maoineachadh airson sgeama spadaidh. Nuair a th脿inig am maoineachadh sin gu cr矛och an uiridh agus gun ghealltanas ann gum biodh barrachd ri thighinn, nochd croitearan draghan mun droch bhuaidh a bhiodh aige seo air croitearachd agus an 脿rainneachd san 脿m ri teachd. Anns a' Ghearran, ge-t脿, dh'ainmich Riaghaltas na h-Alba maoineachadh de 拢50,000 thairis air d脿 bhliadhna 'son smachd a chumail air na ge貌idh. Bidh seo ri fhaighinn dha coimhearsnachdan ann an Le貌dhas, na Hearadh, Uibhist, Arcaibh, Colla is Tiriodh. Ach mar a tha 贰貌谤辫补 a' faighinn a-mach, tha draghan ann am measg chroitearan nach eil an s霉im seo gu le貌r airson an t-suidheachadh a leasachadh.

Geese

Geese
Geese have long presented agricultural problems for crofters in the Highland and Islands. Greylag geese, particularly, have bore the brunt of complaints from farmers who feel the birds are threatening their way of life through over-grazing and also damaging the environment, especially the unique machair habitats of the Western Isles. Efforts have been made over the past 10 years to keep greylag numbers under control by funding provided by NatureScot. However, with funding ceasing last year and proposals to end the lethal control scheme looming, the Scottish Government stepped in with 拢50,000 of funding over two years to continue schemes to control goose numbers. Crofters, however, have been voicing their worries to 贰貌谤辫补 that the new money - which will be rolled out in Orkney, Lewis and Harris, Uist, Tiree and Coll - is not enough to combat the problem.

Sicily

Sicily
Tha Riaghaltas na h-Eadailte a' beachdachadh air drochaid a thogail eadar eilean Sicily agus Calabria air t矛r-m貌r na d霉thcha, thar Chaolas Mhessina. Bhiodh i 3km a dh'fhaid agus tha cuid d貌chasach gun toireadh i togail dha eaconamaidh a鈥� chinn a deas. Bho linn nan R貌manach, tha beachd air a bhith ann gum biodh Sicily na b' fh猫arr dheth nam biodh e ceagailte ri t矛r-m貌r na h-Eadailt agus chan e seo a鈥� chiad turas a thathas air coimhead air a leithid a dh猫anamh. Chaidh fheuchainn roimhe ann an 2008, nuair a bha Silvio Berlusconia na Phr矛omh Mhinistear, ach chuir an riaghaltas a th脿inig 脿s a dh猫idh stad air an sin. Tha an deasbad a bh, ann an uair sin ann fhathast, le feadhainn a' faicinn bhuannachdan agus feadhainn eile cron. Tha 贰貌谤辫补 ann an ceann a deas na h-Eadailte, a' faighinn a-mach mu mar a tha daoine a' faireachdainn mu dhrochaid, air gach taobh den Chaolas.

Sicily

Sicily
The Italian Government is looking at the possibility of building a bridge over the Strait of Messina, joining the island of Sicily with Calabria on the mainland. The bridge would be around 3km long and some hope that it would boost the economy in the south. The idea that Sicily would benefit from being connected to the mainland has been around since Roman times and the idea of a bridge has been investigated before. A project was started in 2008, when Silvio Berlusconi was Prime Minister, but the next government put a stop to it. The debate is still ongoing with some seeing harm where others see benefits. 贰貌谤辫补 is in the south of Italy, speaking to people on both sides of the Strait.

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