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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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Labour pleased with Welsh vote

Labour has won half of the Welsh Assembly’s thirty seats in the second Welsh election since devolution. The party shared power with the Liberal Democrat Party leading up to these elections but now have 30 of the 60 seats in the assembly, which may be enough for them to form a working majority. A lack… Read more »

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Mixed night for Tories

Crispin Blunt’s shock resignation from the Tory party front bench has drawn attention away from anticipated heavy losses for the government in regional and local elections. More than 38 million eligible voters yesterday, in the first election since the Iraq war, decided the composition of over 10,000 or so members on 308 English local councils,… Read more »