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LOWLAND DEER CONFERENCE Robbie Kernahan Wildlife Operations Unit SNH 14 th November 2011

LOWLAND DEER CONFERENCE Robbie Kernahan Wildlife Operations Unit SNH 14 th November 2011. BACKGROUND CONTEXT CURRENT ISSUES CHALLENGES. Deer Management in Scotland. A History of Hunting Economic Resource Social Significance Cultural Connection Shape the Landscape Habitat Health.

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LOWLAND DEER CONFERENCE Robbie Kernahan Wildlife Operations Unit SNH 14 th November 2011

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  1. LOWLAND DEER CONFERENCE Robbie Kernahan Wildlife Operations Unit SNH 14th November 2011

  2. BACKGROUND CONTEXT CURRENT ISSUES CHALLENGES Deer Management in Scotland

  3. A History of Hunting Economic Resource Social Significance Cultural Connection Shape the Landscape Habitat Health Background

  4. Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 Legislative Context

  5. Code of practice Competence General License and controls Night Shooting for Public Safety Regulation in a wider range of circumstances Control schemes within 6 months Wildlife and Natural Environment Act 2011

  6. How is Deer Management best delivered locally? Resource Management and Decision Making What is the Role Of Government? Resource Management?

  7. Safeguarding deer welfare? Managing deer sustainably as a resource? Minimising negative deer impacts on the public interest? Where does the responsibility lie…

  8. Develop a clearer understanding of deer populations in and around towns (scale, productivity and densities) Raise awareness with key decision makers & stakeholders on the impacts of wild deer Develop a shared understanding of the practical constraints of implementing management in and around towns Obtain a better understanding of who, how and where our lowland deer populations are being managed or not as the case may be. Develop and circulate hard copy guidance on planning, design and prescriptive deer management SNH Role

  9. Low Ground Collaboration? Every man for himself approach? Vocational stalkers protective of their interests / land Requirement to promote BPG, training and competence What is the role of the new deer groups? Can they deal with the challenge of increasing deer populations and subsequent impacts? New Challenges

  10. Providing a narrative and framework for decision makers and practitioners • Being proactive now rather than reactive later • Considering deer management in the following contexts: • 1) Management to safeguard public safety • 2) Management to protect trees, crops, private property • 3) Management to protect deer welfare

  11. The Future • Where to after this event? • How do we promote deer and understand them better in the context of lowland Scotland? • Given increasing financial pressures being places on government agencies, how should we prioritise our resources to give the most benefit? • What do the deer groups and stalkers want from us?

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