British Ecological Society - Advancing ecology and making it count

BES Meetings BES Annual Meeting, 7 - 9 September, Leeds University, UK FINAL PROGRAMME NOW ONLINE We have a raft of high profile speakers, with plenaries from ANDREW WATKINSON and CHARLES GODFRAY; keynotes from ALAN COVICH, ILKKA HANSKI, MARK HASSALL, MICHEL LOREAU, BOB MAY and JACOB WEINER; also renowned speakers in our Thematic Topics. Book your place now.	Public Policy Get Involved: send us your views We need your help to respond to Defra consultations on the future of the natural environment. Send us your views on the consultation questions and feed your science into policy-making. Book tickets: BES at the British Science Festival Tour a virtual landscape or discuss landscapes of the future with an expert panel: 14-17 September 2010.	Educational Resources The BES promotes ecology through a range of activities linked to schools, careers and grants. We offer a wide range of resources and advice. These include teaching resources, fieldwork information, invaluable help for careers and much more. Pond Poster The BES has produced a fabulous resource for teachers wishing to explore the ecology of their school grounds in depth. Focusing on ponds, you can access a copy of the poster here.
Grants and Awards The BES has a varied portfolio of grants supporting ecological education, research and communication. Need funds for your research project? To organise or travel to a meeting? To engage the public in ecology? For course funding? We have all of these and more. To view them, come in. Upcoming deadlines: 15th September - Innovation in Ecological Education grant 1st October - Meeting Sponsorship grant	Journals and Publications To commemorate the first anniversary of Robert L Jefferies' death, the Editors have compiled a Virtual Issue of his most important papers published in the Journal. BES Publications News The Bulletin Ecological Reviews Submit an article	Get Involved with the BES BES Specialist Groups provide a focus of activity in particular fields of ecology,organising small meetings, field trips and events. See how you can play an integral part. 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. Find out how the BES is involved. New Offices and Facilities We are now located in central London, with state-of-the-art meeting space for hire and discounts for charities; email us for more details.

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