Blogs
29/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Policy
So, the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill has passed through Scottish Parliament, marking nearly seven years of scrutiny, originating with the implementation of the Werritty Grouse Management Review in 2017.
28/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Policy
If we hoped for some respite from the weight of policy consultations, bills and legislation that confronted us in 2023, the barrage has continued unabated so far this year.
20/3/2024 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Scotland , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The Last Keeper is a feature-length film that will draw huge attention to this nuanced debate in a way that no film by us, or any of the other Scottish organisations, could achieve.
27/11/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT in the media , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Letters
Our letter to The Guardian in response to Illegal bird of prey killings fall to lowest level in decade, but ‘true figure may be far higher’.
24/11/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , GWCT in the media
The small number of individuals committing these crimes undermine the reputation of the thousands of people doing wonderful work in our countryside, without whom we wouldn’t have the biodiversity, habitat, social cohesion and cultural traditions that so many of us cherish.
27/6/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Policy , GWCT Scotland
On Wednesday 21 June, our Scottish Head of Policy, Ross MacLeod, and Scottish Advisor, Dr Nick Hesford gave expert evidence to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee as they debated the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill.
26/5/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Policy
The debate over the conservation of hen harriers is one of the most controversial and polarised and as a consequence has been widely used in social science analyses of conservation conflicts.
4/5/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The abandonment of heather management in the Peak District National Park threatens rare birds and peatlands‚ as evidenced in a ground-breaking new report on the growing risk of catastrophic wildfire.
19/4/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Events , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
On February 28th, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Upland Research Team hosted the North of England Grouse Seminar at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate.
19/1/2023 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , GWCT Scotland
A full day ‘in-person’ symposium examining the conservation of Scotland’s four grouse species – red grouse, black grouse, capercaillie and ptarmigan - is taking place on 5 May 2023 at Balhousie Castle, Perth.
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