This potential is such that supporting the intended increase in the national deer cull with approximately a quarter of the FGS budget would deliver the Government’s woodland expansion target through natural woodland regeneration while also supporting a Just Transition for Scotland’s essential deer management workforce. • To ensure a Just Transition for the livelihoods and communities impacted by a significant and sustained reduction in deer numbers, we ask that adequate funding mechanisms are put in place to support deer managers and landscape scale collaborative initiatives through future Rural Development Funding or other such relevant funding mechanisms. 4.