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which let’s face it is sadly the only one at the moment
There is a lot of regeneration work going on. Affric is fab tho and kept more of its original forest but good examples all over.
There is a lot of regeneration work going on. Affric is fab tho and kept more of its original forest but good examples all over.
Yes you are right , I was reading about one the other day that I forgot. I spose I was thinking about affric as it has kept original forest and has been underway some time
Dundreggan ain't far from Affric.
The comments at the bottom of the Parks watch article Matt linked to are very amusing.
Dundreggan is Trees for life I think, who also have Regen projects at the head of glen affric. Presumably they are contiguous
So ‘we’ ‘accept’ a higher number of deer is ‘good’, but forget that a lower number again is better…
Its unusual in that its the reverse of the norm but shifting baseline syndrome is a real problem for conservation in general.
I was about to post a link to the rspb call for English and Welsh licensing, but Matt's link covers that as well as the specific incident in the title
I do feel that the constant campaigning and research work by various organisations and volunteers is now starting to properly evidence the 'bad actors' in all this. Sadly many in the hunting industry will claim it is a few bad apples and the news cycle moves on.
It does not however move on the discussion about alternatives to our land ownership and land management models which as this thread shows is complex, pretty binary and entrenched at present, and often based in cultural and economic perspectives.
Sadly many in the hunting industry will claim it is a few bad apples and the news cycle moves on.
I think it does add up over time especially how hypocritical the positions are eg that moorland association muppet who just tried to turn it into an attack on the RSPB.
I am surprised, given how many tagged harriers disappear, that this bunch avoided the harrier with one.
Dusting this off.
Sadly the landlords seem to have won on penalties in Scotland (in England/Wales they are still ahead in the first half).
They get to decide what counts as a grouse moor for legal purposes and any offences outside of that wont result in removing their licence to line up birds to shoot.
Hopefully it will be better than the conservation side fear. I suspect enforcement will be ratcheted up over time
Hopefully it will be better than the conservation side fear. I suspect enforcement will be ratcheted up over time
Maybe but given how NatureScot have folded its only going to be the case if their management are replaced with people who are willing to put the law into action. Sadly I suspect it will be dodged.