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Conservation Ecology
Secretary: Tim Graham
Aims
The working aims of this group are:
- Providing a forum for debating conservation ecology issues
- Acting as the BES voice on issues of conservation policy
- Facilitating networking among a diverse community of conservation ecologists
- Communication of high quality science to the wider conservation community
- Getting science into conservation practice
- Seeking greater effectiveness in conservation management
- Facilitating production of systematic reviews relevant to conservation practice
- Facilitating dissemination of data sets and analytical methods
Future meetings
There will be an informal get together at the Annual Meeting this year to discuss current conservation ecology issues and ideas for the future of the group. The meeting will take place at the Red Deer pub in Sheffield at 8pm on Tuesday 13th September. If you are already a member of the Conservation Ecology SIG, or just want to find out more about it please feel very welcome to come along.
Please note; there have been a number of returned emails from some existing members. If you have not received an email from the group recently and still want to receive updates, please contact the group Secretary, Tim Graham with an alternative/new email address.
If you have ideas for future meetings, please contact the group Secretary, Tim Graham.
Past Meetings
'Peatlands: Restoration and Carbon', Uclan, Preston, 27 June 2011
Please view the meeting flier and programme for full details [Adobe PDF, 283 Kb]
Presentations from this meeting can be viewed in PDF format below:
- Monitoring: Lessons from grip blocking and grazing in Bowland and the Peak District - Penny Anderson Associates Ltd [Adobe PDF, 470 Kb]
- Exmoor mires project-an innovative monitoring scheme Dr Emilie Grand-Clement [Adobe PDF, 1402 Kb]
- Delivering Through Partnership: The Humberhead Levels Wetland Vision Sue Plaxton, Natural England [Adobe PDF, 650 Kb]
- Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands Aletta Bonn [Adobe PDF, 2405 Kb]
- Sustainable Catchment Management Programme United Utilities [Adobe PDF, 437 Kb]
- Wildlife Trusts - A Case Study David Crawshaw [Adobe PDF, 315 Kb]
- Moors for the Future Partnership - large scale and innovative upland Chris Dean [Adobe PDF, 2349 Kb]
- A National Perspective on Peat and it’s Importance in Landscape Scale Delivery Ian Crosher [Adobe PDF, 1316 Kb]
- Landscape scale delivery and vision in a fragmented landscape [Adobe PDF, 1472 Kb]
- Yorkshire Peat Partnership Part 1 [Adobe PDF, 2598 Kb]
- Yorkshire Peat Partnership 2 [Adobe PDF, 2102 Kb]
- Restoration at the leading edge Part 1 Richard Lindsay, IUCN UK Peatland Programme [Adobe PDF, 2021 Kb]
- Restoration at the leading edge Part 2 Richard Lindsay, IUCN UK Peatland Programme [Adobe PDF, 1867 Kb]
Making Space for Nature - Ecological Implications of the Lawton Review, Charles Darwin House, London, 19 April 2011
The group recently organised a meeting at the BES head office in London; 'Making Space for Nature' - Ecological Implications of the Lawton Review' was held at Charles Darwin House on 19 April 2011.
READ THE REPORT OF THIS MEETING [Adobe PDF, 242 Kb]
Presentations from speakers are available to download below:
- Overview of Making Space for Nature - Professor Sir John Lawton [Adobe PDF, 312 Kb]
- Implementation of the Review's recommendations - what mechanisms are available? Dr Peter Brotherton, Natural England [Adobe PDF, 1546 Kb]
- Biodiversity conservation in a changing climate- Professor Chris Thomas, University of York [Adobe PDF, 1780 Kb]
- The Biodiversity Audit: Priorities and Evidence Base for Conservation - Dr Paul Dolman, University of East Anglia [Adobe PDF, 2055 Kb]
- Practical Delivery - The Wildlife Trusts' Living Landscapes Programme- Debbie Tann, Wilidlife Trusts [Adobe PDF, 2995 Kb]
2007
The group organised a conference in July 2007 to address the question ‘What are the ecological consequences of ‘wilding’ as a long term conservation strategy?’
