- Features
Time to change your approach, BASC warns RSPB
In an open letter to the RSPB chair, BASC calls out the RSPB’s “increasingly negative” public attitude towards sustainable shooting.
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Let’s Learn Moor: The UK’s Largest Upland Classroom Returns
Let’s Learn Moor 2021 set to educate and inspire thousands of primary school children from across the UK about our upland habitats.
- Offbeat
Positive impacts of burning recognised by Government
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty unravels what the government’s announcement on burning actually means and organisation’s work behind the scenes to ensure evidence-led policy.
- Latest news
BASC responds to Government announcement on heather burning
Government announcement on heather burning offers promise of licences as consequences of a blanket ban recognised.
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New Scottish Government funded research confirms major socio-economic importance of grouse shooting
A ground-breaking new study has highlighted that grouse shooting delivers significant socio-economic benefits.
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BASC fight misinformed lobby with targeted campaign
The campaign highlights the potential dangers and consequences if burning were to be banned.
- Features
The “burning” issue
Controlled burning can under the right circumstances protect peatland and help achieve our net-zero target.
- Latest news
BASC: Beware the unintended consequences of grouse moor licensing
Imposing an unnecessary licensing system on grouse moors would produce unintended consequences which would impact on biodiversity, conservation and rural upland economies. The findings are contained in a paper released by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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Value of grouse shooting highlighted to MPs as season draws to a close
As the 2014 grouse season closes on the 10th December, the value of grouse shooting and the benefit it brings for the economy and the environment are highlighted in an infographic being sent to MPs by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Moorland Association.
