Sustainable Management of Forests – Species Conservation – Reducing Deer Impact

Date published: 11 December, 2024

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The aim of this option is to reduce deer impacts to a level that will allow the regeneration of unprotected soft conifer and broadleaved species at a landscape scale, to help promote the regeneration of new woodlands, diversify forests and improve their conservation value.

Grants are available to help reduce deer numbers or maintain them at a level where the natural regeneration and development of species vulnerable to deer browsing can be achieved, this will normally require average densities of less than in the range of five to 10 deer per square kilometre