Making the Connections: A Role for Ecological Networks in Nature Conservation

13 - 15 November 2007, Nottingham

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TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2007

Plenary Evening Lecture:
Prof. Roger Crofts CBE (World Commission on Protected Areas, Regional Vice Chair for Europe)

WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2007

SESSION 1: CHALLENGES AND CONTEXT

Nature in Europe
Ladislav Miko (Director of European Commission Directorate DG Environment)

Ecological Challenges in Europe and the Role of Ecological Networks
Rob Jongman (Alterra)

Defining Ecological Networks (Concept/Theory/Science)
Paul Opdam (Alterra)

Policy Legislation and Instruments for Ecological Networks
Graham Bennett (Syzygy/IUCN)

UK Nature Conservation Policy: Landscape Scale Initiatives and Ecological Networks
Malcolm Vincent (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)

Drivers for Change in the UK
Maggie Gill (The Scottish Government)

SESSION 2: FIELD EXCURSIONS

THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2007

SESSION 3: IN PRACTICE

Challenges of PEEN: Effecting Partnerships at National and Local Level
Aysegul Cil (European Centre for Nature Conservation)

Experience from Estonia
Mart Kulvik (Estonian University of Life Sciences)

Experience from Scotland
Duncan Stone (Scottish Natural Heritage)

A Living Landscape for the South East
Angela Marlow (Sussex Wildlife Trust) and Richard Moyse (Kent Wildlife Trust)

Cheshire ECOnet Project
Alun Evans MIEEM (Cheshire County Council)

The Stakeholder’s (Landowner) Perspective
Andrew Barbour (Atholl Estate)

Wider Benefits of Ecological Networks
Colin Barnes (Cambridge Resource Economics)

SESSION 4: INSPIRATION FOR THE FUTURE

Freshwater Networks and the Role of the WFD
Roger Owen (Scottish Environment Protection Agency)

Marine Networks and Marine Protected Areas
Malcolm Vincent (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)

Forest Networks and the Role of WGS
Simon Hodgson (Forest Enterprise, England)

Agricultural Networks and the Role of the CAP
Andrew Clark (National Farmers Union)

Natural England Perspective
Roger Catchpole (Natural England)

Ministerial Address
Martin Brasher (Defra)

Integrating Ecological Networks in the Policy Framework
Keith Davies (Countryside Council for Wales)

Integrating Ecological Network Thinking into UK Conservation Practice
Prof. David Hill CEnv FIEEM (Natural England Board Member)