Researchers from the University of York published the findings following 10 years studying the impact of land management practices on moorland habitats.
Controlled burning
The MSP for Angus and North Mearns visited Glen Lethnot Estate in the Angus Glens to observe controlled burning of heather.
BASC was one of four ‘Interested Parties’ defending against Wild Justice’s legal challenge to burning regulations in England.
Leading rural organisations have welcomed the decision to refuse Wild Justice permission for a judicial review on “burning” in England for a second time.
Wild Justice’s attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England has been dismissed in the High Court.
Following intervention from BASC, Defra has included scientific research as a licensable aspect of the new burning regulations in England.
The RSPB have used the recent wildfire in Northern Ireland’s Mourne mountains as a platform to call for a ban on controlled burning.
