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BASC accuses RSPB of exploiting Northern Ireland wildfire

The RSPB have used the recent wildfire in Northern Ireland’s Mourne mountains as a platform to call for a ban on controlled burning.

Let’s Learn Moor 2021 set to educate and inspire thousands of primary school children from across the UK about our upland habitats.

BASC has challenged the Scottish Green Party’s nature emergency declaration which calls for an end to driven grouse moor management practices.

The campaign highlights the potential dangers and consequences if burning were to be banned.

Students from Elmwood Campus have been learning about muirburn, the rotational burning of old heather, and other aspects of moorland management.