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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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Nearly two-thirds of Labour activists want John Prescott to remain in office, a new poll has shown. The news will boost the position of the beleaguered deputy prime minister, who has faced growing speculation about his political future after his affair with a civil servant was revealed ahead of last month’s local elections. But 56… Read more »
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Tehran will consider a package of incentives agreed by six world powers this week in a bid to persuade the Islamic republic to abandon its controversial nuclear programme. But the hard line president insisted that Iran would not abandon its right to produce nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes…. Read more »
