Sustainable Deer Management A Case Study Report for the Deer ...

fig.5. The SDM Process
♦ ♦ Safeguard Deer Welfare
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Conserve/Enhance Biodiveristy
♦♦
Maintain balanced integration between
agriculture, forestry and natual heritage
♦♦
Minimise costs associated with Deer
management
LEARN
participate
YES
pass on
information
to DMG
YES
measure if
objectives are
being achieved
YES/NO
NO
LEARN
&
ADAPT
NO
measure
if DMG
objectives are
being achieved
YES
NO
co-operate
with DMG
membership
Private and Public Benefit
Associated with Sustainable Deer
management
Whilst it is relatively easy to present broad-brush
statements describing the private and public benefits
associated with SDM in each Case Study area we
are currently unable to take this any further and
complete any meaningful detailed cost-benefit
analysis. In order to do this we would need to
allocate monetary values to the benefits associated
with the cultural and environmental benefits, such
as ecosystem services. This would require the
development of suitable indicators with allocated
standards to measure against. Such information is
important for the SDM decision-making process to
enable amongst other things:
♦♦
The development of a fiscal incentive scheme
which is both attractive to the private sector
and identifies the additional public benefits
(environmental, economic, social) which are
being bought by the public purse.
♦♦
A credible calculation of the trade-offs
associated with environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of deer management.
♦♦
Adaptive management by deer managers
through the development and use of support
tools which allows the integration of biological,
social, economic and institutional information.
Deer Management Groups
If voluntary DMGs are to remain the main institution
to facilitate and deliver SDM in Scotland, they need
to adopt the characteristics and principles which
are generally deemed important for long-term
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