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Biodiversity Action Plan

Annual Conferences





Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull
Local Biodiversity Action Plan
Partnership Conferences



In 2008 we considered the importance of
'Taking Local Action For Biodiversity'
July 23rd 2008 from 9.45 – 4.30pm
hosted by Ragley Hall, Warwickshire

Agenda

Introduction to Conference
Gina Rowe (Warwickshire Wildlife Trust)

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)


Local Action: Some examples of good practice

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)


Workshops

Local action to support Focus 2008
Sue Redfern (Warwickshire Wildlife Trust) and David Lowe (Warwickshire County Council)
Local action for biodiversity at the landscape scale
Gina Rowe and Andy Tasker ((Warwickshire Wildlife Trust)

Tour of the grounds of Ragley Hall
Steven Falk (Senior Keeper of Natural History at the Warwickshire Museum
and leader of Warwickshire’s ‘Big Tree Hunt’)

Ragley Hall


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OrganisationParticipant
Butterfly ConservationJohn Reeve
Councillor for the Borough of North WarwickshireJoan Lea
Councillor for Warwickshire County CouncilNina Knapman
Councillor for Stratford District CouncilSimon Jackson
Coventry City Council Chris Thomas
Coventry City CouncilMike Murray
Coventry Diocesan Environmental GroupJane O’Dell
Lockhart-GarrattIan Dudley
Environment AgencyGiles Matthews
Farming & Wildlife Advisory GroupTony Beysens
Forestry CommissionRichard Hayden
England Biodiversity GroupPaul Cobbing
Habitat Biodiversity AuditSue Redfern
Lockhart-GarrattIan Dudley
Lockhart-GarrattJohn Lockhart
National Trust West MidlandsSimon Barker
Natural EnglandAnton Irving
North Warwickshire Borough CouncilAlethea Wilson
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough CouncilHelena Lidgate
Parish of Leek WoottonCharles Stubbs
Parish of Stretton – on Fosse Dave Passingham
Parish of Stretton – on FossePhil Clayton
Parish of WellesbourneKate Parton
Parish of Hampton LucyAlan Scaife
Parish of WolveyMargaret Cartwright
Parish of WolveyRuth Bushell
Parish of WolveyJon Slee
Parish of Bishops ItchingtonAlison Biddle
Parish of Bishops ItchingtonPam Reason
Parish of Hockley HeathIsabel Walker
Shakespeare TrustJoe Moore
Stratford District CouncilDavid Jones
Rugby Borough Council Dave Gower
Severn Trent WaterAndy Warren
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Gary Farmer
Stratford District Council David Jones
Warwick District Council Chris Hastie
Warwickshire Amphibian & Reptile Team Nigel Clemons
Warwickshire County Council Anna Swift
Warwickshire County Council Barbara Golding
Warwickshire County Council David Lowe
Warwickshire County Council Becky May
Warwickshire County Council Camille Newton
Warwickshire County Council Sophie Milburn
Warwickshire County Council Lois Browne
Warwickshire County Council Patricia Scott
Warwickshire County Council Geoff Treadwell
Warwickshire County Council Alan Markland
Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group Jane Mitchell
Warwickshire Museum Steven Falk
Warwickshire Museum Helen Maclagan
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Ruth Moffatt
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Andy Tasker
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Gina Rowe
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Louise Sutherland
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Bernie Higgins
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Michelle Osbourn
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Kirstie Trewartha
Wellesbourne in Bloom Heather Sims
West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership Andy Heaton
West Midlands Bird Club Graham Harrison



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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