"The people managing these landscapes every day need the right tools, support, and flexibility to reduce risk." The muirburn licensing regime has raised concerns about its impact on land management practices. The organisation is calling for a comprehensive Wildfire Resilience Strategy that recognises the role of active land management. Supporting NFUS's calls, Scottish Conservative rural affairs and environment spokesman Finlay Carson said: “The recent devastating wildfires in the Cairngorms have brought the SNP’s muirburn licensing scheme back into sharp focus. “Ministers have had ample time to deliver a licensing scheme that fully considered the needs of those who will have to tackle an increasing number of wildfires in the coming years.