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Biodiversity Net Gain is an approach to land management that leaves our wildlife and their habitats in a better state than before. This approach is at the heart of what we do at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)

A £1m Scottish Country Sports Tourism Restart Fund has been created by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, with development input from the Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group (SCSTG) and BASC

If this remarkable species is given a new lease of life in Scotland, those responsible must be careful to ensure landowners and farmers do not lose out.

You may be very disappointed with the announcement after all the hard work which the GWCT has devoted to the 'Werritty Review', and multiple representations to policy makers. As the recently published GWCT blog on the issue states, we are deeply concerned that what is required is solutions, not another layer of bureaucracy.

When it came to finding solutions to wildlife conflict, Scotland has been a world leader – until now. It was home to the most ambitious largescale moorland raptor trials in the world. However, lessons learnt have not been developed and Scotland now plans to license grouse moors in the hope that this will somehow end the conflict between raptors and grouse shooting.

The 2020/21 muirburn season got underway last week following a recent decision taken by the Scottish Government to relax the temporary muirburn ban that was imposed on the 1^st April as part of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act.

It has taken a tremendous effort to achieve, not helped at all by the covid-19 restrictions which slowed things down considerably of late, but the finished buildings are fantastic.

Dr David Parish talks us through what's been happening at the Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran, on the publication of its first annual report.