Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan 2022-27 - Other - Page 9
We are aware that individuals reading the Partnership Plan will have
different interests and priorities; however, we would recommend
considering the plan as a whole to see how the four aims of the
National Park will be delivered collectively. As an example:
To meet the target for peatland restoration there will need to be a change to deer management in the National
Park. To enable the scale of peatland restoration to be delivered we will need to increase investment in skills
and training of people to deliver this work, which in turn will be an opportunity for economic diversification
within the Cairngorms economy. Finally, if we are going to have local contractors who undertake this work, we
will need to invest in training and have the right level of affordable housing that allows people to live and work
in the area. In this way, all the long-term objectives are interrelated, as the diagram below illustrates:
Figure 1: How objectives are interrelated
Pla
ce
Objective A3
Restore and manage
peatland within the
National Park to reduce
carbon emissions and
improve biodiversity.
Objective C1
Ensure that there is
sufficient affordable
housing stock to enable
people to live and work
within the National Park.
Peatland
restoration
Na
tu
re
Objective A4
Reduce the negative
impacts of red deer and
other herbivores across the
National Park to enable
woodlands to expand, heather
loss to be reversed, peatlands
to recover and wider
biodiversity and landscape
enhancements to take place.
Objective B4
Increase skills and training
opportunities for people in the
National Park to meet
business needs and ensure
opportunities created by the
growth in green jobs can be
filled by residents and
under-represented groups.
Objective B2
Develop a wellbeing economy
that delivers social justice in a
healthy ecosystem, drawing on
the special natural and cultural
qualities of the Cairngorms.
People
11
