Other WN events
in the pipeline
A joint meeting between WN and VINE on Future Natural
will take place early in 2007.
Other prospective
seminar regions/visits
in 2007 may include:
The
Borders/Tweed Catchment/Northumberland National Park, including Carrifran
and the Tweed Forum projects; the
Sussex Weald and Kent (beaver project); Dartmoor and the South-West
region;
EVENTS OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS
Conservation
on the Grand Scale (13th Oct - 17th Nov
2006)
A free lecture series at Birkbeck College, London
University, 18:00 for 18:30pm
Major landowners and administrative agencies have
responsibility for managing large tracts of the countryside. The policies
of these organizations have great importance in the maintenance and
enhancement of biodiversity. With increasing isolation of many nature
reserves and other conservation sites, it is significant that major
players at the national level deal with land in large blocks, giving scope
for a more integrated approach to their conservation commitments.
Six free public lectures of the Ecology and Conservation
Studies Society / Birkbeck on consecutive Friday evenings, about
opportunities and problems of managing major tracts of the countryside.
Top speakers from the National Trust, Ministry of Defence, Forestry
Commission, Wild Britain Initiative, Natural England, will cover this
field, with a conclusion on protected landscapes internationally by a
former Director General of the Countryside Commission and former Chairman
of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas.
13 October ‘Conservation on a Grand Scale: what, why
and where?’ A scene-setting exploration of a 'landscape scale approach' to
conservation
Dr David Bullock, Head of Nature Conservation, National Trust. Formerly NT
Nature Conservation Advisor; and Dr Stuart
Warrington, National Trust.
20 October ‘Ministry of Defence Large Scale
Conservation, including coastal and climate change issues’
Ian Davidson-Watts, Head of Natural Environment, Defence Estates.
27 October ‘Rewilding: The Vision, Examples,
Constraints and Benefits’
Toby Aykroyd, Co-ordinator of the ‘Wild Britain’ initiative; and Jonathan
Spencer, Senior Ecologist, Forestry Commission.
3 November ‘The Foresters with Horns - large
herbivores in the wildwood and modern naturalistic grazing systems’
Keith Kirby, Forestry and Woodland Officer, Natural England, Peterborough.
10 November 'The Wicken Vision - creating a new
wetland landscape in Cambridgeshire, - progress and problems'
Dr Stuart Warrington, Regional Nature Conservation Advisor, National Trust
17 November ‘Landscape: does it help or undermine
the cause of conservation?’
Professor Adrian Phillips, former Director General of the Countryside
Commission and former Chairman of IUCN's [World Conservation Union] World
Commission on Protected Areas.
www.bbk.ac.uk/ce/environment/ecssociety/index.shtml
Woodland Trust
17th and 18th
October 2006 - he Lowry, Manchester
The conference aims
to stimulate debate about the necessity of woodland expansion throughout
the UK. It aims to:
·
widen
appreciation of the environmental and social services that woodland
provides and how further woodland creation is essential to provision of
those services
·
demonstrate how woodland creation is an essential element of an
ecosystem approach to the environment
·
debate
how a target for woodland creation might be constructed and how, in
broad terms, it might be delivered.
UK and international
speakers will be offering perspectives which will both inspire and
inform.
www.woodland-trust.org.uk/wcc/index.htm
Beavers
in Bavaria (24 – 27th Oct 2006)
Day 1 – Arrive in Munich airport for transport to hotel.
Introductory evening presentation by Gerhard Schwab on beavers in Bavaria.
Day 2 – Field visit to wild beaver sites to view their
associated ecology and field signs. This day will incorporate visits to
lodges on large rivers, lodges on small streams or lakes and beavers in
urban areas.
Day 3 – Field visits to agricultural impact areas, fish
farms and commercial forestry plantations. Demonstrations of mitigation
solutions such as electric fencing, dam drainage, wiring of banksides,
burrow infilling, trapping, relocation and transport. There will be land
use representatives for affected industries in attendance for parts of
this day.
Day 4 – Visit to a beaver holding and transport facility at
Haus im Moos. Discussion and demonstration of humane culling techniques.
Afternoon visit to community and volunteer groups working with beaver who
are trained to implement local mitigation. Evening welcome by the mayor of
Pörring to a farewell evening meal – with a beavery theme and free beer -
in the local village hall.
Day 5 - Depart
The schedule can change due to weather conditions or actual
beaver field problems.
Derek Gow Consultancy Ltd,
Moor View, Broadwoodwidger, Lifton, Devon PL16 0JS
Contact: Derek Gow (derekjgow@aol.com)
Tel: 01409 211249 - Mob: 07764 690867
Invasion Ecology Of
Mammals (24-25 Nov 2006)
The Mammal Society Autumn Symposium
24-25th November 2006 at The Meeting Rooms, London Zoo
Invasive species pose a considerable
threat to biodiversity conservation and the integrity of ecosystems
worldwide. This symposium will focus on the impacts on species and
ecosystems caused by invasive mammals, and the threats posed to mammal
conservation by invasive organisms such as parasites and disease.
The symposium will cover the following
themes:
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global issues in invasive species
management,
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invasive species policy, the ecology
and genetics of establishment and spread,
-
invasive disease, invasive mammals as
predators and competitors of native
-
species, current and future techniques
for management, and future challenges
-
for invasive species ecology and
management.
Speakers and topics include:
-
The invasion ecology of mammals: a
global perspective - Prof. Mick Clout
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Invasive species policy in the UK - Dr
Huw Thomas
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Invasive species management in
Australia - Prof. Tony Peacock
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The genetics of mammalian invasions -
Prof. Jeremy Searle
-
Predation impacts of invasive species
in Australia - Dr Glen Saunders
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Impacts of introduced rodents on
islands - Dr Franck Courchamp
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Modelling invasive diseases in mammal
populations - Dr Mike Boots
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Translating island eradications to
mainland New Zealand - Dr John Parkes
-
Novel products for invasive species
management in Australia - Dr Steve Lapidge
-
Future challenges in invasive species
ecology and management - Prof Dan Simberloff
Booking details on the Mammal Society
website
www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/new_events.shtml
