Habitat Creation and Restoration:
The Way Forward

29 October 2007. Peterborough, UK

A British Ornithologists' Union Autumn Scientific Meeting
supported by
Defra, Natural England and The RSPBs

Meeting Programme

OPEN ADDRESS

Joan Rudduck MP (Defra)

Prof. Bill Sutherland (University of Cambridge)

HABITAT-BASED REVIEWS

Paired talks, the first providing an overview (drivers, opportunities, what has been done) followed by an individual case study.

Intertidal and Marine: Overview

Duncan Huggett (Environment Agency) et al.

Intertidal and Marine: Case Study

Phil Atkinson (BTO) et al .

Freshwater Wetlands Policy: Overview & Bittern Case-Study

Andy Brown (NE) & Gillian Gilbert (RSPB)

Freshwater Wetlands: Case Study – London Wetlands Centre & urban wetlands

Kevin Peberdy (WWT)

Heathland: Overview – Tomorrow's Heathland Heritage

Nigel Symes (RSPB) et al .

Heathland: Case Study – Experimental approach to heathland creation

Anita Diaz (Univiversity of Bournemouth)

Grassland and Arable (lowland farmed landscapes): Overview

Juliet Vickery (BTO) et al .

Grassland and Arable (lowland farmed landscapes): Methods for creating grassland habitat for birds on improved & unimproved land

Jerry Tallowin (IGER) & Malcolm Ausden (RSPB)

Woodland Creation and Scrub: Overview

Rob Fuller (BTO)

Woodland Creation and Scrub: Case Study – Caledonian Pinewoods

Andy Amphlett (RSPB) et al .

PROCESSES

Climate change Mitigation & Creation - recognition of opportunities

Helen Pontier (Defra) et al .

Adapting to Climate Change through Habitat Creation

Clive Walmsley (CCW) e t al .

Reintroductions / Translocations

Ian Carter (NE) e t al .

Present state of affairs and future

Andrew Pullin (University of Wales)

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Sir John Lawton CBE FRS

Chairman of the Royal Commission on Environment Pollution

BTO British Trust for Ornithology

CCW Countryside Council for Wales

Defra Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

IGER Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research

NE Natural England

RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

WWT Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Conference programme organised by

Andy Brown & Phil Grice (NE), Malcolm Ausden (RSPB), Andy Swash (Defra), Phil Atkinson & Mark Rehfisch (BTO)

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