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SCOTTISH LAND & ESTATES STATEMENT ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND MUIRBURN (SCOTLAND) BILL
SCOTTISH LAND & ESTATES STATEMENT ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND MUIRBURN (SCOTLAND) BILL
Scottish Land & Estates has issued the following statement following publication of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill at the Scottish Parliament. Sarah-Jane Laing, chief executive, Scottish Land & Estates, said: “We are disappointed that after so many years of deliberation on the issue of grouse moor management, the Scottish Government has introduced a
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FOR PEAT’S SAKE – INSIGHTFUL FILM AND CAMPAIGN FROM SCOTLAND’S REGIONAL MOORLAND GROUPS
FOR PEAT’S SAKE - INSIGHTFUL FILM AND CAMPAIGN FROM SCOTLAND’S REGIONAL MOORLAND GROUPS
Wildfire experts, scientists and the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) have joined forces with land managers to spell out the importance of muirburn as a conservation tool to protect Scotland’s precious peatland. February is the Month of Muirburn, with an insightful film and social media campaign from Scotland’s Regional Moorland Groups and the Scottish
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LICENSING GROUSE SHOOTING MUST NOT DAMAGE A ‘VITAL’ LAND USE FOR SCOTLAND
LICENSING GROUSE SHOOTING MUST NOT DAMAGE A ‘VITAL’ LAND USE FOR SCOTLAND
Rural organisations united today to urge the Scottish Government not to damage a ‘land use that is so vital to Scotland’ through its proposals to introduce a licensing scheme for grouse shooting. The Scottish Government’s public consultation on their forthcoming Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill proposals ends tomorrow (Wednesday, December 14). A wave of individuals and
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LICENSING GROUSE SHOOTING MUST NOT JEOPARDISE JOBS AND CONSERVATION
LICENSING GROUSE SHOOTING MUST NOT JEOPARDISE JOBS AND CONSERVATION
Rural organisations said today the Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce a licensing scheme for grouse shooting must not jeopardise vital jobs and important conservation work in some of the country’s most fragile, rural areas. Following the announcement today by the Scottish Government of a public consultation on a forthcoming Wildlife Management (Grouse) Bill, a joint
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