Dacorum Environmental Forum - Chiltern Wildlife Conference   Home   About   Contact   Projects   Members Pages   Links   Minutes   Diary Dates The Chilterns Conservation Board, Chiltern Society And Local Wildlife Trusts are pleased to invite you to the CHILTERNS WILDLIFE CONFERENCE FRIDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2007 GREEN PARK CONFERENCE CENTRE ASTON CLINTON, TRING The purpose of the Conference is to raise awareness of the key issues affecting wildlife in the Chiltern Natural Area and identify opportunities for greater co-ordination and targeting of conservation effort. The Conference will be of interest to all those with an involvement in wildlife conservation in the Chilterns - whether professional/business or voluntary - including: * Local and regional decision-makers * Community environmental groups * Farmers and landowners * Parish councils * Conservation managers * Wildlife recorders BOOKING ESSENTIAL Local groups/volunteers £10 National organisations/local authorities £20 * For further information and booking form contact: * Kath Daly on 01844 355524 or e-mail kdaly@chilternsaonb.org Agenda 9.45-10.15 Arrival / Registration / Coffee 10.15 Welcome Sir John Johnson,Chilterns Conservation Board and John Taylor, The Chiltern Society 10.25 Keynote Speech Merrick Denton-Thompson, OBE, Natural England Chilterns Wildlife Natural England - A Natural England Perspective 10.50 Threats to Chilterns' Wildlife Brian Clews, Local naturalist and wildlife author - A Personal Perspective 11.05 Data, data, everywhere Martin Harvey, Bucks and Keynes Environmental Records Centre - Wildlife Data issues across the Chilterns 11.25-11.45 Coffee Break 11.45 Towards a Chilterns BAP Dr Simon Mortimer, CCB/Centre for Agri-Environmental Research 11.55 Rebuilding Biodiversity Through Farming,Case study Ian Waller,Hampden Bottom Farm 12.30 Panel Discussion 13.00 Lunch Communities and Wildlife Activity 14.30 Planning and Wildlife i) The Legislative Framework Matt Jackson, Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust ii) The Chiltern Society Strategy Mike Overall, The Chiltern Society 15.00 Creating Robust Wildlife Networks i) A case study: Mark Bailey The Chalk Arc Initiative, Beds County Council ii) A case study: Target Areas Craig Blackwell for Conservation, and Driving Oxfordshire County Council Forward Biodiversity Action 15.30 Working and Communities Cynth Napper,Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum 15.50 Climate change and wildlife Brian Eversham,The Wildlife Trust - Likely Impacts and Urgent Responses for Beds,Cambs, Northants and Peterborough 16.10 Panel Discussion 16.40 Summing Up and Priorities for the future David Bullock,The National Trust 16.55 Conference Close Judy Adams,Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust