EcIA: Science and Best Practice
11th & 12th July 2006
Bath Spa University
A Joint BES – IEEM Conference
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DAY ONE: TUESDAY 11th JULY 2006
Introductory Session: The Context for EcIA
Legislative context for ecological impact assessment
David Harrison (English Nature)
Treatment of ecological issues in EAIs
Jo Treweek (Self Employed)
IEEM Guidelines for ecological impact assessment
John Box (Atkins) & Karen Colbourn (EPR)
Surveys and evaluation of ecological importance: Data Collection
Ecological Baselines – detecting species and habitats of importance
Bill Butcher (Somerset Environmental Records Centre)
Ecological survey guidelines for development projects
Jon Davies, Stephanie Wray & Elaine Richmond (Cresswell Associates)
Ecological survey effort: how much is enough?
Sue King, Alan Fielding & Paul Haworth (University of Manchester & Manchester Metropolitan University)
Surveys and evaluation of ecological importance: Evaluating and reporting on the importance of habitats and species
The principles of ecological evaluation
Graham Tucker (Ecological Solutions)
Valuing bat populations: standards for survey and conservation status assessment
Katie Parsons (Bat Conservation Trust)
New techniques to link the local impacts of development into large scale species conservation
Jenny Hodgson, Aldina M. A. Franco, and Regan Early (University of York)
From point data to density maps: the application of spatial statistics in ecological impact assessment
Isobel Clark & Rebecca Klaus (Geostokos Limited)
Mapping vegetation change for assessing environmental impact
Adrian R Yallop, J Thacker and S James (Cranfield University & Carl Bro)
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DAY 2: WEDNESDAY 12th JULY 2006
Predicting Impacts and their Significance
Approaches to modelling and predicting biodiversity impacts
Bill Sutherland (University of East Anglia)
Predicting and assessing impacts of off-shore wind farms on marine ecosystems.
Johann Köppel & Kirsten Wippel (Berlin University of Technology)
Responses of hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) to wind farms: previous studies and impact prediction.
Ally McCluskie, Mike Madders, & Phil Whitfield (Natural Research Ltd & Manchester Metropolitan University)
Landscape ecological assessment: a tool for prediction and assessment of impacts on biodiversity
Berit Balfors & Ulla Morthberg (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
Evaluation and communication of impact significance
Graham Wood (Oxford Brookes University)
Mitigation & Monitoring
Habitat creation and translocation – a review
Penny Anderson (Penny Anderson Associates)
Monitoring the restoration of communities
James Bullock (CEH Dorset)
Discussion Groups: Drawing together best practice points
- Survey and Monitoring - Graham Smith
- Evaluation - Graham Tucker
- Impacts and Significance - Jo Treweek
- Mitigation - David Watson
For outcomes from discussion groups please see the discussion forum (below)
To support this conference and to extend the discussion beyond the two days of the conference a discussion forum has been set up at www.myotis.co.uk/ecia.
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If you have any problems then email Graham Smith at g.m.smith@bathspa.ac.uk