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Biodiversity Action Plan

Annual Conferences


Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull
Local Biodiversity Action Plan
Partnership Conferences


In 2009: We focussed on 'Planning for Biodiversity'

June 30th 10am to 4.30pm
Wolvey Village Hall

Hosted by Wolvey Parish Council and Wolvey Environment Group

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)





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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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