BASC Central
BASC bites – a monthly snap-shot of our work
We received 3,956 membership telephone enquiries and 844 requests for advice to our firearms team during March – just part of the work we do.
BASC Central
Say NO to excessive firearms licensing fees
BASC is calling on all shooters in England, Wales and Scotland to object to Home Office proposals for a massive and unjustified hike in firearms licensing fees
Featured News
BASC meets policing minister Brandon Lewis
Medical involvement in firearms licensing discussed with government.
BASC Central
Welsh white-fronted goose proposals – latest BASC update
BASC is calling on all shooters to email the Welsh Government by 7th March in support of the existing voluntary ban on shooting Greenland white-fronted geese.
BASC Central
Shooters support nature – make your voice count
BASC encourages all shooters to take part in a public opinion survey on EU legislation designed to protect nature. Please spare a few minutes of your time to show the citizens of the EU that shooters support nature.
Conservation
New policy white papers on landscape-scale conservation and grouse moor management
Two new research white papers have been published offering policy recommendations to enhance the important work carried out as part of land management for shooting. The papers have been produced by BASC.
BASC Central
BASC assessment of grouse moor licensing proposal
BASC has published a paper entitled “Grouse moor licensing – assessment of proposal and summary of unintended consequences”.
BASC Scotland
BASC Assessment of Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill
BASC has published a paper entitled “BASC Assessment of Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill”.
BASC Central
BASC white paper – favourable conservation status
BASC has published its first white paper “The role of societal impacts and ecosystem services in the definition of favourable conservation status”, which looks at how ecosystem services can be considered when designating and managing protected sites.