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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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GM ban would be 'illegal'
GM ban would be ‘illegal’

The Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, has warned that the Government may have to allow the commercial growing of genetically modified crops despite widespread public concern about their safety. Mr Meacher told BBC Radio 4’s ‘Farming Today’ programme that a ban on GM crops would be illegal if the science was to find that there are… Read more »

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Terror suspects appeal against detention without trial
Terror suspects appeal against detention without trial

The first set of appeals by people who have been detained without trial in the UK under the new terrorism powers are to be heard in the Court of Appeal today. The appeals are against powers brought in by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, which allow the detention… Read more »