Successful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More

What would successful deer management look like in Scotland? To some, flourishing populations of native wild deer represent success. But to others, negative impacts such as damage to woodlands and peatlands, agricultural and forestry losses, deer-vehicle collisions, and facilitating Lyme disease spr...

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Autores principales:	Hannah Kirkland, Darragh Hare, Mike Daniels, Miha Krofel, Shaila Rao, Tatiana Chapman, Bernd Blossey
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	wildlife governance deer management lynx reintroduction ecological restoration conservation conflict General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QH1-199.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d9beb73c935b4a1b9438d3157c822a4b2021-12-01T04:34:47ZSuccessful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More2673-611X10.3389/fcosc.2021.770303https://doaj.org/article/d9beb73c935b4a1b9438d3157c822a4b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2021.770303/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2673-611XWhat would successful deer management look like in Scotland? To some, flourishing populations of native wild deer represent success. But to others, negative impacts such as damage to woodlands and peatlands, agricultural and forestry losses, deer-vehicle collisions, and facilitating Lyme disease spread represent failure. Conflicting interests and incentives among people involved in deer management mean a common definition of success, and therefore clear management targets, remain elusive. While some environmental groups urgently call for an increase in the number of deer culled (shot) each year, other stakeholders aim to maximize deer numbers. Overcoming this governance failure will require clearly articulated, scientifically valid, and socially acceptable socio-ecological objectives to be co-produced by a broad range of stakeholders. Systematic monitoring of deer impacts will also be needed to evaluate the ability of specific management interventions to achieve defined objectives. Reintroducing Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) has been suggested as a means to reduce deer numbers and their negative ecological and socioeconomic impacts. However, evidence of lynx impacts on deer numbers, deer impacts, and social conflicts over deer suggest lynx reintroduction alone would not effectively reduce negative impacts of deer in Scotland, though it could be part of a broader solution. In the short-term, achieving sustainable numbers of deer in Scotland will require a substantial increase in the number of deer culled and effective changes to the way deer management is incentivized, regulated, implemented, and monitored.Hannah KirklandDarragh HareDarragh HareDarragh HareMike DanielsMiha KrofelShaila RaoTatiana ChapmanBernd BlosseyFrontiers Media S.A.articlewildlife governancedeer managementlynx reintroductionecological restorationconservation conflictGeneral. Including nature conservation, geographical distributionQH1-199.5ENFrontiers in Conservation Science, Vol 2 (2021)
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topic	wildlife governance deer management lynx reintroduction ecological restoration conservation conflict General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QH1-199.5
spellingShingle	wildlife governance deer management lynx reintroduction ecological restoration conservation conflict General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QH1-199.5 Hannah Kirkland Darragh Hare Darragh Hare Darragh Hare Mike Daniels Miha Krofel Shaila Rao Tatiana Chapman Bernd Blossey Successful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More
description	What would successful deer management look like in Scotland? To some, flourishing populations of native wild deer represent success. But to others, negative impacts such as damage to woodlands and peatlands, agricultural and forestry losses, deer-vehicle collisions, and facilitating Lyme disease spread represent failure. Conflicting interests and incentives among people involved in deer management mean a common definition of success, and therefore clear management targets, remain elusive. While some environmental groups urgently call for an increase in the number of deer culled (shot) each year, other stakeholders aim to maximize deer numbers. Overcoming this governance failure will require clearly articulated, scientifically valid, and socially acceptable socio-ecological objectives to be co-produced by a broad range of stakeholders. Systematic monitoring of deer impacts will also be needed to evaluate the ability of specific management interventions to achieve defined objectives. Reintroducing Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) has been suggested as a means to reduce deer numbers and their negative ecological and socioeconomic impacts. However, evidence of lynx impacts on deer numbers, deer impacts, and social conflicts over deer suggest lynx reintroduction alone would not effectively reduce negative impacts of deer in Scotland, though it could be part of a broader solution. In the short-term, achieving sustainable numbers of deer in Scotland will require a substantial increase in the number of deer culled and effective changes to the way deer management is incentivized, regulated, implemented, and monitored.
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title	Successful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More
title_short	Successful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More
title_full	Successful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More
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Successful Deer Management in Scotland Requires Less Conflict Not More

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