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Labour pledges to introduce a ‘cross cutting’ land use framework in England

The Labour Party has pledged to introduce a comprehensive land use strategy should it assume power in the upcoming general election. The announcement, featured in the Labour Climate and Environment Forum’s Climate, Justice and Jobs essay collection, outlines the pledge as part of the party’s vision to foster green prosperity throughout […]

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Action needed to protect the UK’s ‘Amazon Rainforest’ from grouse moor burning

As the burning season opens today thousands of fires will soon be started on the UK’s fragile peatland carbon stores – for grouse shooting. Calls to stop swathes of the UK’s iconic heather hills from being deliberately set ablaze have intensified as the grouse moor burning season officially begins.  Between 1 […]

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Grouse shooting faces uncertain future as landowners turn to rewilding

Senior members of the grouse shooting industry have warned that the controversial sport is facing an uncertain future amid the growing popularity of rewilding. In a talk given at the Game Fair in the run up to the ‘Glorious Twelfth’ of August, the traditional start of the grouse shooting season, shooting […]

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Welsh Government declares opposition to grouse shooting after lobbying by Wild Moors

Wild Moors has welcomed an announcement by the Welsh Government that the shooting of grouse and other game birds for ‘sport’ in the nation’s iconic countryside does not have its support. The Welsh Climate Change Minister Julie James confirmed the Government’s position following being lobbied by organisations opposed to and in […]

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Redcar & Cleveland Council says grouse moor burning must end to help tackle climate change

Redcar & Cleveland Council has backed an end to heather burning to save the region’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. The local authority has called for the environmentally harmful practice, which is performed to provide younger, more nutritious heather to be eaten by grouse reared for shooting, to […]