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The GWCT Scottish Auction raised more than £110,000 for vital research and conservation work aimed at preserving and enhancing the rural way of life in Scotland.

The Allerton Project is proud to announce the appointment of Alice Mead as its new Head. With an extensive background in sustainable agriculture and regenerative practices, Alice brings over a decade of hands-on experience helping farmers adapt to environmental changes and implement more sustainable, collaborative approaches.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has created a new free online resource to for pioneering advisors, farmers and land managers seeking to improve biodiversity and sustainability at a landscape scale.

The innovative new Forage for CH4nge project is investigating methane emissions and environmental impact of UK upland sheep living off a natural forage diet in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is excited to announce The Sundown Social Drinks, a reprisal of last year's Sons & Daughters Dinner, in a bid to introduce the younger generations to its research and conservation work.

Country clothing brand Schöffel Country and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) want your nominations for your countryside heroes for their newly launched national awards before the 31 March deadline.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is thrilled to announce its new ambassadorial programme. The Trust hopes that its five new ambassadors – Hannah Russell, Marina Gibson, Jordan Rigby, Tom Wood and Tristan Phipps – will be able to reach a wider audience and share news and information about the GWCT’s unique role in delivering scientific research that directly influences government policy and promotes game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation.

A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and Bournemouth University (BU) has found that foxes in the New Forest are consuming large quantities of human food waste, which is likely to be keeping their numbers artificially high. The research estimates that of those foxes removed over the course of a year by wildlife managers, the proportion being sustained by human food waste could be as high as 65%.

A new fundraising initiative by Eat Wild and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust – Fiver for the Future - has been hailed a success by raising £3,000 simply by asking guests at shooting schools to donate £5 at the end of their lessons.

The Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) – the UK’s annual census of farmland birds - was launched by farmer and TV personality Adam Henson on his Cotswold Farm at the weekend.