Performance Paper 4 - Bringing Beavers Back Project

Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Paper 4 12 June 2026

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

For dis­cus­sion

Title: Bring­ing beavers back pro­ject Pre­pared by: Sarah Hen­shall, Head of Conservation

Pur­pose

This paper presents the latest deliv­ery updates on the Bring­ing beavers back project.

Recom­mend­a­tions

The Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee is asked to review deliv­ery updates and con­sider: a) Pro­gress towards the project’s object­ives. b) Any stra­tegic­ally sig­ni­fic­ant impacts on deliv­ery of the Park Authority’s Cor­por­ate Plan and Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan (NPPP). c) Any mater­i­al impacts on the Park Authority’s stra­tegic risk management.

Per­form­ance dashboard

1. Pro­ject vis­ion: A healthy pop­u­la­tion of beavers in the Cairngorms Nation­al Park, bring­ing max­im­um bene­fits for wild­life and people. This includes sup­port­ing land man­agers and com­munit­ies to live along­side beavers.