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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust believes in ‘conservation through wise use’: the incentive of a sustainably harvestable resource be it deer, grouse or trout as a way of producing more wildlife in general. Our research over the last 25 years highlights this approach can work very well.
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Predation management is an integral part of game and wildlife management in the British countryside. Over many years of research GWCT science has demonstrated the part predation management plays in protecting game and conserving vulnerable species such as ground nesting birds.
It is becoming inc...
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"For me the GWCT is the outstanding environmental organisation. It does not shrink from saying what its own true scientific evidence shows, even if it might not always be convenient."Sir Jim Paice, Minister of State at DEFRA (2010-12)
"The GWCT’s research on wildlife management helps informed de...
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The Dick Potts Legacy Fund was set up to help young ecologists, farmers, gamekeepers and land managers in establishing their own small projects.
Dr Dick Potts, former director-general of the GWCT and a pioneer in conservation research, died in 2017, and the legacy fund in his memory was the idea ...
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The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is first and foremost a scientific research charity, investigating the problems faced by the UK’s game and other wildlife, and developing practical solutions. Our placement students, from universities across the UK, make a vital contribution to th...
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Mountain hares are part of the sporting interest on many upland Scottish estates, where they are found at high densities, benefiting from the production of cover, young heather and few predators. There has been a good deal of media activity recently as contemporary moorland management for red gro...
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Salmo salar
The Atlantic salmon is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers flowing into it. It is an anadromous migratory fish species, which means the method of the fish's breeding cycle is for the adult fish live in the sea but migrate to freshwater to spawn. Juvenile fish live in fr...
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The GWCT’s mammal research divides between the ecology of the game species (the two species of hare), the impacts of mammal species on habitats and the conservation ecology of game species (deer), and the ecology of predators and pests (foxes and grey squirrels). The GWCT’s pioneering work on min...
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✓ Your own copy of our Annual Review, offering a detailed summary of the scientific projects we’ve been working on.
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Within Scotland there is a very active debate on biodiversity, climate change, natural capital and land management.
As part of the Trust’s UK-wide research, advisory and policy work, we examine and develop positions with regard to species, habitats and land management particular to Scotland. We t...
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