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BASC welcomes significant improvement on GL43

BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »

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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »

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Rural communities 'marginalised'
Rural communities ‘marginalised’

Rural communities are being marginalised by the same government department set up to support them, MPs have found. In a report published this morning, the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee argued Defra must now concentrate on rural communities, given that its climate change brief has been shifted over to the new Department of Energy… Read more »

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Interview: Lembit Opik
Interview: Lembit Opik

Liberal Democrat presidential hopeful Lembit Opik gives his views on his party’s future. Mr Opik told politics.co.uk he believes the party has a “fear of standing out” and portraying its policies in “pastel shades”. Travelling up in his “presidential motorhome” to talk to students to Coventry, Mr Opik is in no mood to mince his… Read more »