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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 »
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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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw believes “very strongly” that voters will back the new European constitution in a referendum. Mr Straw said the government had won key concessions from other European countries back in June and as such the treaty was good news for Britain. Responding to his Conservative shadow, Michael Ancram, in the Commons on… Read more »
Less-than-robust growth in the eurozone is threatening the global economy, chancellor Gordon Brown has told The Financial Times. Noting the EU’s effect on the “imbalances” in the global economy, Mr Brown called for a new “sense of urgency” and a “new commitment to fundamental reform”. Mr Brown made the case for EU policy chiefs to… Read more »