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Changes to Defra burning regulations accepted
Following intervention from BASC, Defra has included scientific research as a licensable aspect of the new burning regulations in England.
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New Year’s Message from the Chairman of BASC
2016 has been a challenging year for your association but despite this there were significant achievements and we look forward to building on these in 2017. I would like to thank you for your continued support and making this possible.
Science
Science, cats and the importance of context
Last week’s belated publication of the papers presented at the 2014 Oxford Lead Symposium saw claims that up to 100,000 wildfowl die each year in the UK due to lead poisoning. In actual fact, estimates posited that between 50,000 and 100,000 waterfowl could be affected and the report itself says that “more precise estimates cannot readily be made.”
