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| Moorland
Introduction > The Moorland Project |
| The
Cairngorms Moorland Project |
| The Cairngorms
Moorland Project aims to conserve the Cairngorms moorlands
as an ecological, economic and scenic resource.
The Cairngorms Moorland Project
is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund; Cairngorms National Park Authority;
Scottish Natural Heritage, Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise;
and Scottish Enterprise, Tayside. The current phase of the project began
in 2003 and ends in August 2006. |
The Cairngorms Moorland Project was initiated by the Cairngorms Partnership, on behalf of a number of partners represented on the Cairngorms Moorland Forum and this role has now passed to the Cairngorms National Park Authority. "developing and demonstrating moorland
management techniques"
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| The
Demonstration Moors |
| The two demonstration moors, Blairfindy Moor on Glenlivet Estate, Moray, and Balnaboth Moor in Glen Prosen, Angus are existing grouse moors with a typical moorland biodiversity and landscape interest. The management
of the demonstration moors demonstrates the links between effective
grouse moor and agricultural management with improvements to moorland
biodiversity and landscape quality. Steerage to the management of the demonstration moorlands comes from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation , Game Conservancy Trust , Heather Trust , Scottish Gamekeepers Association and Scottish Natural Heritage . |
Local communities and tourists will benefit equally from this venture and all forms of media are being used to heighten awareness and interest in the Cairngorms moorlands, including leaflets, interpretation panels, talks and guided walks, role play, an education pack, mobile displays .... The project is managed by Dr. Andy McMullen who can be contacted for further details and he is supported by the activities of two dedicated Moorland Liaison Officers.
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