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BBC Trust’s whitewash is no surprise
Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Tim Bonner writes: Over a year ago I wrote about an article Chris Packham wrote for BBC Wildlife magazine in which, amongst other things, he branded…
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Working hard to improve firearms legislation
Improvements to firearms licensing that the Countryside Alliance called for back in March 2016 have now been tabled as Government amendments to the Policing and Crime Bill. The British Shooting…
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CA debates at the Conservative Party Conference
The Countryside Alliance will be debating rural digital exclusion and the BBC’s delivery for the countryside at the forthcoming Conservative Party Conference at Birmingham. Please follow the debates on Twitter using the…
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Scottish Countryside Alliance sees lessons for English hen harrier conservation
Scottish Natural Heritage have recently commented on the “striking findings” of the Heads up for Hen Harriers project. Thirteen participating estates, many of them managed for grouse shooting, installed cameras…
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The Environmental Audit Committee and rewilding
The Countryside Alliance has used the opportunity of a Parliamentary inquiry to highlight the dangers of ‘rewilding’ being used as an approach to conservation. The Environmental Audit Committee is carrying out an…
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Report from the Countryside Alliance fringe at the Labour Conference
The Countryside Alliance held a debate at the Labour Party Conference on 26th September. The event, entitled “Tackling digital exclusion in the countryside” is reported on below. …
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Facts are irrelevant – opinion triumphs at Welsh Assembly petitions committee
The Countryside Alliance is pleased that inaccurate anti-snaring petition has had no impact in the Welsh Assembly, but raises concerns over suggestion that facts are a “matter of opinion”. A…
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Casting for Recovery’s final retreat of the year
The final Casting for Recovery (CfR) retreat of 2016 was held at Forbes of Kingennie near Dundee the weekend of 23-25 September, with eleven ladies who have, or have had…
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Nominate now in the 2016 Rural Oscars
The 2016 Rural Oscars are now officially “open for business” so please nominate now. These are the twelfth annual Countryside Alliance Awards which were launched to give rural businesses and…
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