Jobs in fragile rural communities could be decimated by a five-year strategy being drawn up by the Cairngorms National Park, according to country estate workers staging an online protest.
The Grampian Moorland Group and Scottish Gamekeepers Association are airing their fears about a loss of jobs, farmland, food security and red-list endangered species as a result of proposals currently on the table.
Park chiefs drafting new policy for ‘greening’ the landscape say change is essential.
The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) is addressing biodiversity loss and climate change by reducing deer numbers and increasing woodland coverage.
But in a grim forecast, veteran estate worker and member of the Grampian Moorland Group, Les George, has warned of “empty glens” other than holiday homes.
