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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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National Audit Office warns of armed forces overstretch
Armed forces understaffed by 5,000

There are 5,000 fewer people in the British armed forces than they need, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. The watchdog says 9,200 servicemen and women left early last year, half of them because of the impact their work – particularly deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq – had on their family life. A significant… Read more »