The local area has valuable natural and cultural assets that can form the basis of sustainable local tourism initiatives but these would benefit from a more co-ordinated approach. The potential effects of increased tourism on the environment and the local community need to be carefully managed. The current employment base is narrow, with low wage levels and tight margins. The take-up of training is patchy and there is little current information on local skills and resources. The area is heavily reliant on a high quality environment.
Local transport is problematic.
The potential impacts of the re-opening of the Kishorn oil facility need to be better understood and the community needs to build good relationships with the facility's management and the relevant environmental regulatory agencies and government bodies. Recommendations and the Future Community A participatory planning and decision making process, involving all the community, needs to be instigated. It should aim to develop a 5-10 year to guide future development and should include an Environmental Assessment using a series of locally derived indicators and incorporating the attributes and resources of neighbouring areas. The community need to come to a collective opinion on how local crofting land should be managed. A local volunteer rapid-response unit, trained to deal quickly with local pollution incidents, could be formed.