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THE Scottish Wildlife Trust’s call for a new approach to managing deer and grouse moors would be ‘counter-productive’, gamekeepers argue.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) report, Living Landscapes of the Scottish Uplands, published on July 6, recommends 10 key changes to reverse the decline of Scotland’s upland habitats – 44 per cent of the country’s land area – notably peatland, heather moorland and native woodland.