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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, had the opportunity to see first-hand the conservation efforts of wildfowling clubs when he visited the Lytham & District Wildfowling Association (LDWA). Accompanied by staff from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Tony took part in a conservation walk around the club’s land at the mouth of… Read more »
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What is needed to secure a net zero future, and deliver on the UK’s climate change targets.
The government is failing to take the public with it on the journey to net-zero carbon emissions, a committee of MPs has warned. Despite hosting the global climate conference COP26 later this year, and setting ambitious emissions reduction targets, the MPs found that public engagement so far has been “insufficient”. They also highlighted the need… Read more »
