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BASC sees Green Shoots grow in the Welsh Assembly
An example of the benefits which shooting brings to conservation has been recognised by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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BASC NI urges farmers to help with grey squirrel control
Farmers are being urged to help protect Northern Ireland’s native red squirrel by taking advantage of the joint pest control scheme run by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU).
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WHCT loan improves habitat for migratory wildfowl
A £14,000 grant from the Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) will help to restore natural floodplain on selected sites of the Pripyat River in Belarus.
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Be clear on plastic bags
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is calling for transparency on proposed plastic bag charges in England. BASC has called for money raised from the sale of plastic bags to be spent on landscape-scale conservation projects and for the way the money is spent to be clear for Read more…
BASC Northern Ireland
BASC advises NI government on marine conservation zones
BASC has responded to a consultation on how marine conservation zones (MCZ) will be created and managed in Northern Ireland over the next two years. The consultation was issued by the Department of Environment and ended on 31st January 2014.
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Take time to report on your sport for the future
An email survey asking for information on shooting will be sent to a random sample of BASC members in the coming days. Information collected from this survey will help to inform a major report on the economic, environmental and social contributions of shooting in all its forms in the UK.
BASC Northern Ireland
Shooters can help halt biodiversity loss by 2020 in Northern Ireland
BASC is reviewing strategic targets proposed by government to help halt biodiversity loss in Northern Ireland.
BASC Northern Ireland
Marine conservation policy changes in Northern Ireland
BASC is reviewing draft guidance that will be used to create marine conservation zones (MCZ) in Northern Ireland over the next two years. A consultation on the guidance closes on 31st January. BASC welcomes any advice or comments people might have on the consultation.
BASC Central
Is the UK hitting UN targets on nature conservation?
BASC is reviewing a national report on how the UK has managed nature conservation under the terms of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and welcomes any advice or comments people might have on the consultation.
