Future perspectives for woodland deer in Scotland

Session 1 Woodland Deer Management

Theoretical framework

• Population dynamics. (Powerpoint slides)
  • Brenda Mayle & Helen Armstrong, Forest Research
• Behaviour and impacts of woodland deer.
  • Alison Hester, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
• Predicting elk populations from their impacts on forests in Norway
  • Tor Danielsen, Steinkjer council, Norway

  Case studies

• FE/DCS Sika project report & practical implications.
  • Helen Armstrong, Forest Research
• Collaboration in native woodland restoration
  • John Risby, Sunart local Deer Management Group
• Deer Management in Glen Duror (1983 to 1999)
  • Phil Ratcliffe and Donald Hendry, Forest Enterprise

Training

• Training for woodland deer management
  • Ronald Rose

Session 2 Outlook on marketing and diversification

• Tourism Diversification
  • Frank Law, Seafield Estates
• The Venison market and the impact of Foot & Mouth. Rick Bestwick
  • Scottish Game Dealers / Processors Assoc.,
• Assurance from a processor's point of view
  • Christian Nissen, Highland Game, Quality
• Wild Venison Standard for FE Rangers
  • John Morgan, Forest Enterprise,
• Setting up an assurance scheme.
  • David Whiteford, Scottish Food Quality Certification Ltd,
• Potential for collaboration
  • Stephen Gibbs, Association of Deer Management Groups,