Capercaillie Emergency Plan 2025 - 2030 - Flipbook - Page 6
Scope
The scope of this plan as set out by the Scottish Government is:
1. Landscape scale restoration of pinewood habitat as the long-term mechanism
to achieve the vision for a thriving population of capercaillie in Scotland.
2. Costed and spatially explicit positive management measures based on the
recommendations of the NatureScot Scientific Advisory Committee subgroup.
3. A fundraising strategy which explores a wide range of public, private and
voluntary mechanisms to generate further funding for capercaillie conservation.
4. A pine marten population survey.
Geographical scope
Whilst this plan is focused on outlining targeted measures to improve capercaillie
breeding success and survival across the core of the capercaillie range in the
Cairngorms National Park, it is also designed to be useful for managers of
capercaillie forests outside the National Park. Those land managers may wish to
adopt some of the activities described in this plan. Opportunities also exist to share
learning and insights gained through this plan to help support work for capercaillie
outside the National Park.
Roles and responsibilities
The governance and management of this plan is as outlined overleaf.
The Park Authority and NatureScot are responsible for this plan at a strategic
level. A Programme Board comprising of NatureScot, the Park Authority, Scottish
Forestry and Forestry and Land Scotland will work with a Project Manager and a
Scientific Advisory Group to enable and assess the delivery of this plan.
Stakeholders are responsible for working proactively to implement the activities
outlined, monitor impact and help secure funding where appropriate. Reporting
information will be shared publicly and presented for annual review to the Park
Authority Board Performance Committee.
Scottish Capercaillie Group
Formed in 1994, the Scottish Capercaillie Group, provides a central forum for a
range of stakeholders to discuss capercaillie matters. Currently chaired by the
Park Authority, the group was set up to implement the Species Action Plan for
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