Further to last Friday’s announcement on the establishment of the Scottish Government’s grouse moor management review group (see here), another member has joined the panel.
Professor Colin Reid (University of Dundee) specialises in Environmental Law and currently serves as Chair of the PAW Scotland Legislation, Regulation and Guidance Group. We’re delighted to see this appointment, especially as part of the review group’s remit is to advise on the establishment of a regulatory licensing scheme for grouse moors.
Colin’s appointment now brings the panel membership to four eminent professors and two moorland managers:
Professor Alan Werrity FRSE (Chair)
Professor Ian Newton OBE, FRS, FRSE
Professor Alison Hester FSB
Professor Colin Reid FRSA
Alexander Jameson BLE MRICS FAAV
Mark Oddy MRICS CEnV MIAagrM
Dr Calum Macdonald (SEPA), Professor Des Thompson (SNH), Dr Adam Smith (GWCT Scotland) and Susan Davies (SWT) will be specialist advisers to the group but are not on the panel.
[Photo: a landscape of driven grouse moors in the Cairngorms National Park. Photo by Ruth Tingay]
Raptor Persecution UK 
Looking good……..
I would prefer if these intellectual heavyweights were actually on the panel, nit just advisers, but it is a good start.
Hi Pete, these intellectual heavyweights ARE on the panel.
Apologies.
Getting better all the time!
One caveat … it does bring the gender disparity to a cool 90% male. Am I being disingenuous?
Yes. Selection on merit not sex or orientation, race, colour or creed to fulfil some half baked politically correct tick list. Pip.
Well said Pip