The autumn/winter edition of our members’ magazine, Gamewise, has been printed and is now on its way to our members.
For the first time, this issue will be sent wrapped in a fully biodegradable wrapper. The wrap is made of potato starch and is certified as fully home compostable. This means it can easily be disposed of with food waste, garden compost or in green recycling bins if your council have them.
Here is a sneak preview of what’s inside this issue.
- GWCT CEO Teresa Dent welcomes Sir Jim Paice as new chairman
- Updates on the difference your donations have made
- Celebrating land managers at our Westminster launch
- Our work in Scotland
- Following in the footsteps of Gilbert White – our latest case study
- This season’s Christmas cards
- Round-up of GWCT events
- Snipe – understanding their migration
- Creating the ultimate conservation headland
- GWCT Draw – your last chance to enter
- What Brexit lessons can we learn from New Zealand?
- Get involved with the Mountain Hare Survey
- Salmon on sea trout – which is fastest?
- Post-Brexit Farming – what the GWCT proposes
- Mike Short shares an ideal way to enjoy your pheasants this season
- The Final Word – Duncan Sinclair on managing land in Powys
Help us create a thriving countryside rich in game and other wildlife
What do we do?
- We use science to promote game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation.
- We develop scientifically researched game and wildlife management techniques.
- We promote our work to conservationists, including farmers and landowners and offer an on-site advisory service on all aspects of game and wildlife management, so that Britain’s countryside and its wildlife are enhanced for the public benefit.
- We influence government policy with sound science that creates progressive and effective policies.
- We support best practice for field sports that contribute to improving the biodiversity of the countryside.
What do we believe?
- Scientific research should underpin sustainable conservation practice.
- Game and wildlife management is the foundation of good conservation.
- Field sports (in particular shooting and fishing) can contribute substantially to the conservation of landscape, habitat and wildlife.
- Humane and targeted predator control is an essential part of effective game and wildlife conservation.
- We utterly oppose those who engage in wildlife crime.
- Good conservation goes hand-in-hand with economic land use.
How your money is spent
- We spent over £5m on vital game and wildlife research and public education in 2017.
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