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The practice of controlled heather burning1 has come under increasing scrutiny given the focus on achieving Net Zero ambitions through reducing carbon emissions from peatlands. Whilst the effectiveness of limiting controlled burning in pursuit of these objectives is still debated (see for example...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
You would think that there would be a single term to describe the removal of surface vegetation such as scrub, heather and grasses using fire. But this is not the case. There are regional terms, legislative terms and then just plainly incorrec...
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This case study is taken from our Real Wilders book, which you can download here or you can buy a print copy here.
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 cata...
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By Andrew Gilruth, GWCT Communications & Membership Director
If we want to stop the curlew going the way of many other birds, such as the corncrake and the nightjar, we are going to need Defra to allow landowners to resume protecting the curlew’s young on their most important English breeding...
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By Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education
6 minute read
Many years ago, I met a man from southwest Wales who claimed to have shot a hundred and fifty foxes on his two hundred acres in a year. By any stretch, this amounts to a very impressive total, but what does it mean in terms of predation control?...
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On behalf of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK (CRRU)
A poisoned white-tailed eagle found in Dorset is dramatic and regrettable evidence of the need for universally responsible use of rodenticides, states the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. "Whether caused by deliberate a...
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Dear Sir,
Kirklees Council will be interested to hear that our knowledge of the role heather burning plays in peatland restoration has progressed significantly since the Committee on Climate Change suggested it should cease.
More recent peer reviewed scientific research has demonstrated that wint...
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A pioneering trial set up to help rebuild the population of the endangered Hen Harrier in England has reared and released 13 chicks this year.
Hen Harrier numbers have shown continuous improvement over the past six years, coinciding with the introduction of the government-led Hen Harrier recovery...
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