Community involvement in managing deer populations could deliver a cascade of benefits for biodiversity, climate change, food sustainability and rural livelihoods.
Community involvement in managing deer populations could deliver a cascade of benefits for biodiversity, climate change, food sustainability and rural livelihoods.
In a new report from the National Trust and the University of Exeter, experts propose that a collaborative approach to deer management could help control large deer populations while providing benefits for nature and boosting food supplies.
Deer numbers have been rising in parts of the UK, particularly over the last 30-40 years, with negative impacts including damage to trees and crops. Many regions of the UK are ideal for deer, and with key natural predators such as wolves now extinct in the UK, land managers use culling to limit numbers.
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Fallow deer herd at Attingham Park ©National Trust. (Photo Credit: James Dobson)
