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Ahead of the forthcoming COP26, the Wildlife Trusts have expressed concern about the delay in the publication of the England Peat Strategy. They feel: “Burning should be banned everywhere and this precious habitat should be rewetted to stop moorland fires raging and to help rare and unusual wildl...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has just published ‘Sustaining Ecosystems: English Grouse Moors’ which is an audit of the contribution of grouse moor management to society’s wants and needs, as expressed by goals in the Government’s...
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Written by Mike Swan, GWCT Head of Education. This article first appeared in Shooting Times.
Photo Credit: Peter Thompson
Writing in a September heatwave, it is easy to forget that it has been a funny old spring and summer. It started with a frosty April, followed by a cold wet May...
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By Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer (England)
The GWCT supports the return of native species including by reintroduction – after all we have been party to some of them! However, we are of the view that all reintroductions must follow International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gu...
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Following NRW’s consultation at the end of last year, this week we have been made aware of proposed changes to the General Licences in Wales. These proposed changes could come into force on 1 July, after the current licences expire at the end of June. The proposed changes are being voted on next ...
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Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer
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The recent debate on driven grouse shooting (relating to the Wild Justice e-petition on 21st June) revealed two very different attitudes to management. On the one hand, those opposed to the banning of grouse shooting regarded the manage...
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Mike Short, Head of Predation Management Research
Through its Curlew Trial Management Project (Douglas et al) the RSPB concluded that government-funded lethal predator management as part of a holistic ELMS package for breeding wading bird conservation is unlikely to lead to localised population r...
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