The new legislation makes it illegal to kill beavers or destroy established dams without a licence.
Scottish Wildlife Trust chief executive Jo Pike said beavers were"unrivalled as ecosystem engineers."
She said:"Granting beavers protected status is an important milestone for the return of the species to Scotland's lochs and rivers. "It follows decades of work by countless organisations and individuals to demonstrate the positive impacts that beavers can have. Ms Pike said the trust accepted that land managers must have the ability to deal with"localised negative impacts" caused by beavers.
She said:"However, it is equally important to ensure lethal control is only used as a last resort, and this does not threaten the successful spread of beavers into other areas of Scotland."Adrian Ivory is farm manager at Strathisla Farms in Perthshire. Last year beavers set up home close to his wheat field.He said:"The big problem for us with the dams is that it costs me as a business £4,000-£5,000 a year, pulling dams out of watercourses, trying to sort banks out.
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