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Events in 2007
The
ecological consequences of wildling as a long term conservation strategy?
Making Wildland
Pay
Events in 2006
Rewilding
Middle England
Scary or what?
Wildland in Wales
Events in 2005
Wild
Boar – welcome back?
Nature in
Charge
Wildland in Britain
Last updated
23rd September 2007 |
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The Ecological
Consequences of Wilding as a long term conservation strategy
British Ecological Society Conservation Ecology Special
Interest Group held at Gregynog, Powys on 12th
and 13th July 2007
A two day meeting held to discuss the
ecological implications of wilding.
Will ecosystems recover to a previous, richer state,
move forward to a new state or simply stagnate and lose some current
features? How ‘wild’ can ‘wildling’ be, or will there need to be
intervention in systems, at least in establishment phases?
Read a report of the meeting
here.
Making Wildland Pay
A
review of markets and enterprises from wild land and rewilding
12 & 13 April 2007, Knepp Estate
A
two-day meeting hosted by WN and the Knepp Estate in West Sussex (www.knepp.co.uk).
Participants learnt about the wildland project for the estate
‘where natural processes predominate and long term financial stability is
achieved outside of a conventional agricultural framework’,
as well as about other areas. The project is
providing a baseline ecological and economic study for potential rewilding
in the English lowlands.
Read a report of the meeting here
Rewilding Middle England
Prospects for creating wild nature in
lowland England
22 November 2006, Cropston,
Leicestershire
A joint meeting hosted by WN and
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust to mark the new interest in wild
nature, rewilding, and natural processes, focusing on prospects across
lowland England.
Read a report of the meeting
here.
Scary or what?
What, where
and how? - a workshop on reintroducing key
species to Britain
8th September 2006, Cirencester
A joint meeting
hosted by WN and BANC to
look at the potential for reintroducing certain charismatic species and
the consequences for wildlife and for people.
Read a report of the meeting
here.
Wildland in Wales
benefits,
opportunities and examples
7, 8th April 2006, Machynlleth
A
one day conference at Plas Dolguog, Machynlleth, looking at
emerging ideas and
opportunities for wildland in Wales, followed
by a day of field trips that
visited to areas with wildland
qualities and were examples of restoration of
natural habitats.
A report of the meeting is posted
here.
The post meeting media briefing can be
read here.
Wild
Boar – welcome back?
7th December 2005 at Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, nr
Gloucester
A workshop to discuss the implications of feral wild
boar, hosted by WN and BANC. The workshop was held in advance of the
closing date of the DEFRA consultation on wild boar and thus was
intended to be of help for those considering a response to the
consultation. Read a report of the meeting
here.
Nature in Charge – a review of UK Wildland projects
14th October 2005
University of Central Lancashire, Penrith Campus, Newton Rigg
Wild Ennerdale - seeing
nature in charge
15th October 2005
Bowness Knott, Ennerdale
The
second meeting of the Wildland Network was organised and hosted by the Wild Ennerdale project, a large-area initiative of
wilder land management involving the National Trust, the Forestry
Commission and United Utilities (a water company).
The two-day
event had a conference/workshop on the
Friday, 14th Oct, to outline and discuss
various wildland projects
in the UK, followed the next day by a
guided walk through the Wild Ennerdale project area.
Read the report here.
Wildland in Britain - the new potential: A review of progress on
achieving wilder landscapes
9th May 2005, University of
Leeds
The
morning session of speakers covered a broad spectrum of the practical reality of contemporary wildland.
The themes raised were followed up through five workshops in the afternoon. The
reports of the meeting can be found
here.
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