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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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Prescott urged to 'condemn' Mugabe
Prescott urged to ‘condemn’ Mugabe

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is under pressure to ‘condemn’ Robert Mugabe over human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. Shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram, who has been consistent in the past in calling for stern international action against the ‘tyrannical’ Zimbabwean president, made the demand ahead of the visit of Mr. Prescott and Mr. Mugabe to… Read more »