Tag: deer management

What are the Scottish government’s proposed Deer Management Nature Restoration Orders?

16 Oct 2024

The LINK Deer Group comprises all of the main eNGO landowning organisations in Scotland. What are the Scottish government’s proposed Deer Management Nature Restoration Orders? Why does the LINK Deer Group agree that this measure is now necessary? Recently the Scottish government announced its Programme for Government for 2024-5 and we can now expect a […]

A venison subsidy is a positive and unifying issue for deer management in Scotland

11 Apr 2024

Tom Turnbull is Chair of the Association of Deer Management Groups, Duncan Orr-Ewing is Convenor of Scottish Environment LINK’s Deer Group and Richard Cooke is Chair of Scottish Venison.  They are all members of the Common Ground Forum. Scottish venison is bringing people from all sides of the deer debate together.  Of all the qualities […]

LINK Deer Group welcomes consultation on reforming Scotland’s system of deer management

05 Jan 2024

LINK’s Deer Group welcomes the publication of a consultation seeking views on proposed changes to Scotland’s system of deer management. The consultation builds on previous legislative changes made in 2023 and recommendations made by the Deer Working Group in their 2020 report  The Management of Wild Deer in Scotland. Duncan Orr-Ewing, Convener of LINK Deer […]

New beginnings in Scotland’s upland deer sector

03 Oct 2023

Organisations and individuals across the Highlands have come together to form The Common Ground Forum (CGF).  Initiated by the Association of Deer Management Groups and Scottish Environment LINK with the aim of setting aside long entrenched disagreements over some areas relating to deer management, the Forum includes deer stalkers, foresters, farmers, landowners, community representatives, nature […]

New report urges action on deer management in Scotland’s rainforest

04 Jul 2023

Rising deer numbers are one of the biggest threats to the survival and expansion of Scotland’s globally important temperate rainforest, according to a new report. Saving Scotland’s rainforest: managing the impact of deer highlights that although deer are a natural part of the rainforest’s ecosystem, they also represent a significant barrier to its restoration if […]

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