Study on Natural Capital and Carbon Impacts of Wild Deer in England

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The Forestry Commission awarded a contract to The University of York for a study to provide evidence supporting current and future management of wild deer impacts.

Building on previous geographically limited work, the study will quantify the direct and indirect impacts of wild deer on natural capital and carbon, as well as economic impacts on forestry and timber values, other woodland-derived products, woodland creation and active management (including culling and fencing), agriculture and horticulture (such as hedgerows), deer-vehicle collisions (including human and material losses), human and animal health (e.g., Lyme disease and other zoonoses), and other deer-related impacts.

The study will also identify deer-related values from recreation and tourism.

The contract value is AUD 150,000.