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11/2/2020 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences , Advice
We received an email from Defra regarding General Licences in England and they have asked us to share it with our members and supporters.
5/2/2020 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences , GWCT Wales
On 3 February Wild Justice – the campaign group founded by Chris Packham, Mark Avery and Ruth Tingay – escalated their challenge of the use of General Licences in Wales. The group instructed its solicitors to write to Natural Resources Wales (NRW), claiming that “the 2020 Replacement Licences are in effect licences to cull without limit” and that the licences are unlawful.
31/1/2020 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences , Letters
6/12/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences
Defra is currently reviewing the General Licensing system that operates in England. The GWCT developed a short survey which we encouraged our members who use General Licences to complete. 3000 users completed the survey and the report is available here.
21/9/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , General Licences , GWCT Wales
After months of stakeholder engagement with Natural Resources Wales over General Licences, the Board decided on Thursday 19 September to support a proposal which the GWCT do not support.
17/9/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences
The GWCT has produced a survey to capture the detail Defra have said they are looking for here. As with the previous consultation, we will collate and anonymise the information before submitting it to Defra on your behalf.
13/9/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences
17/7/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences
15/7/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT Wales , General Licences
The GWCT Wales team are in regular contact with Natural Resources Wales (NRW), providing scientific evidence and discussing the practicalities of the General Licence situation. We are asking our members and others to submit their own examples of jackdaw and rook predation and rook and woodpigeon crop damage to us.
12/7/2019 in: GWCT News Blog under: General Licences
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