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Annual Conferences Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull Local Biodiversity Action Plan Partnership Conferences In 2009: We focussed on 'Planning for Biodiversity' Hosted by Wolvey Parish Council and Wolvey Environment Group and kindly supported by Warwickshire County Council and the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. Agenda Welcome and Introduction Gina Rowe (LBAP Chair, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust) Green Infrastructure Levies and the Dudley Experience Alan Preece (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) Planning for Biodiversity: A Consultants Perspective Richard Knightbridge (Entec) Local Action: Examples of Good Practice Myton Pool Mike Hardiman (Friends of Myton Pool) Studley Wildlife Site Bill McCarthy (Studley Parish Council) Wolvey Wetlands Margaret Cartwright (Wolvey Parish Council) Afternoon Sessions Visits to Sites of Wildlife Interest Around Wolvey including the churchyard, community wetland and wildflower meadow Mapping Workshops Habitat Opportunities for Landscapes for Living and Invasive Species Displays The following displays were available for delegates during the breaks: English Woodland Grant Scheme and Woodland Bird Priority Project (Forestry Commission) Wolvey Community Wetland (Wolvey Environment Group) The Ridge Project (Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group) Studley Nature Reserve (Studley Community Group) Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull LBAP (LBAP Partnership) Local Records Centre (Warwickshire County Council) In 2008: We considered the importance of 'Taking Local Action For Biodiversity' What Local Authorities may consider doing to raise awareness of biodiversity and the NERC Act 2006 and to promote community action Paul Cobbing (Chair of the England Biodiversity Group Local and Regional Strategic Implementation Group) Coventry’s Green Infrastructure Programme Ian Dudley (Senior Environmental Consultant for Lockhart-Garratt) Stretton-on-Fosse Parish Biodiversity Group Dave Passingham and Phil Clayton Leek Wootton Parish Biodiversity Group Charles Stubbs Luscombe Lea - An Urban Grassland Project Michelle Osbourn (Warwickshire Wildlife Trust) Access Issues - information on gates and permissive footpaths Geoff Treadwell (Warwickshire County Council) In 2007: We discussed 'Climate Change: Adaptation and Biodiversity' An overview of the problem for biodiversity and how linking habitats can help Andy Tasker (Warwickshire Wildlife Trust) Conserving biodiversity in a changing climate Jeff Edwards (West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership) How the climate in Warwickshire will change and what the WCCP plans to do Gillian Rutledge (Warwickshire Climate Change Partnership) Observations of climate change on Warwickshire wildlife Steven Falk (Warwickshire Museum) A pro-active landscape scale approach Julie Fay (Environment Agency) In 2006: We responded to the Minerals Development Framework Core Strategy 'Issues and Options' |
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