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GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LISTEN TO BUSINESS – OR IT WILL HARM OUR ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LISTEN TO BUSINESS – OR IT WILL HARM OUR ENVIRONMENT
Most people won’t be aware of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill discreetly working its way through the Scottish Parliament. It certainly hasn’t attracted the same strident criticism as the deposit return scheme; nor the palpable disquiet that surrounds highly protected marine areas; nor the eviscerating anger over the challenges of providing a satisfactory ferry
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GROUSE SHOOT AND MUIRBURN LICENSING THE FOCUS AT SECOND HOLYROOD EVIDENCE SESSION
GROUSE SHOOT AND MUIRBURN LICENSING THE FOCUS AT SECOND HOLYROOD EVIDENCE SESSION
By Ross Ewing, Moorland Director at Scottish Land & Estates (Video highlights from the parliamentary session can be viewed at the end of this blog) Stakeholders with an interest in the proposed Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill returned to Holyrood this week for the second evidence session with witnesses. Legal Adviser, Ashley McCann, led
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HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN TAKE PART IN MOORLAND EDUCATION PROGRAMME
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN TAKE PART IN MOORLAND EDUCATION PROGRAMME
This year’s Estates that Educate programme is larger than ever before with nearly 800 children taking part in hands-on demonstrations of rural conservation and land management skills across Scotland. Primary and secondary school pupils in the Angus Glens, Grampian, Southern Uplands, Tayside, Strathdearn and Speyside will benefit from five consecutive weeks of moorland education sessions
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