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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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Scottish cancer deaths fall

Scotland’s health minister today welcomed figures showing cancer mortality has decreased by 12 per cent for men and six per cent among women. In the past ten years, the number of men dying of lung cancer fell by 27 per cent, while deaths from stomach cancer among women fell by a third. “With some of… Read more »

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Mandelson ‘confident’ of trade resolution

EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has said he is “confident” European member states will approve a deal to resolve the Chinese imports debacle. The agreement struck yesterday would release the 80 million clothing items currently blocked from entering the EU, with half counting against next year’s quotas. Divisions among EU member states over the imposition… Read more »