Opposition to the Visitor Management Plan.

10.Conserve the Cairngorms Campaign

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The RSPB felt the resultant Visitor Management Plan (VMP) - designed to prevent such damage - would be unlikely to work in the long term and environmental damage will result. They also claimed that if the VMP was implemented properly then the development would become economically unviable. Thus, the VMP would have to be abandoned - with the consequent environmental damage - or the project would not be able to fulfill the promised economic benefits.

Both the RSPB and WWF were so opposed to the scheme, and concerned at the impacts it's developments would have on the environment, that they launched a legal battle - in the form of a judicial review - against the development, claiming it was inappropriate in such a sensitive location and a poor use of public funds.

Increasing the number of people using Cairngorm would have serious environmental impacts..

Skiers enjoying a drink on the old White Lady