Deer

The Deer Group works to promote sustainable deer management, particularly as part of the sustainable upland land use agenda.

The Deer Group has a number of active members, a full list is shown below.

 

Convener

Duncan Orr-Ewing

Vice-Convener

Hazel Forrest

Staff liaison

Juliet Caldwell

The group includes LINK landowning organisations and is therefore both a deer management policy and operational forum, with links to both NatureScot and the private deer management sector.

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The Natural Environment Bill is an opportunity to protect Scotland’s nature

26 Feb 2025

The introduction of statutory targets to protect nature is a long-standing campaign demand of Scottish Environment LINK. We therefore welcome the publication of the Natural Environment Bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament last week, which represents a vital opportunity to halt biodiversity decline and drive forward nature’s recovery.  Scotland’s Biodiversity Framework  The Scottish Government’s commitment […]

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Charities welcome Natural Environment Bill

20 Feb 2025

Environment charities have welcomed the publication this week of Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill, a crucial step in fighting the nature and climate crises. The publication of this Bill, with its provision for legally binding nature recovery targets, has been a key ask of the Scotland Loves Nature campaign, launched in 2024. Alongside legal targets, the […]

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Environmental charities welcome long-term action plan to reverse nature loss

27 Nov 2024

A coalition of environmental charities has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity that outlines the Scottish government’s action plan to halt and reverse nature loss. This strategy and accompanying delivery plan, alongside the Natural Environment Bill and legal targets for nature recovery, sets the stage for urgent action to address Scotland’s biodiversity […]

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