The BOU’s 150th Anniversary Conference
2008 BOU Annual Conference

Bird conservation in response to global change: from ornithology to policy

8-10 April 2008. University of Leicester, UK

Supported by
British Trust for Ornithology, Natural England , RSPB

Conference format and programme

The format of the conference will be that of a traditional academic conference. Short papers will be given by conference attendees to fit into five themed sessions (see below) that highlight where conservation practitioners are attempting to manage the environment in response to global change.

Note that, although there are no sessions explicitly entitled with respect to climate change, each of the session topics below must inevitably consider the consequences of climate change. Papers are encouraged that deal with the effective linkage of research to policy implementation as a response to global change, rather than simply documenting the effects of global change.

Each session will close with a 25 minute talk where an invited pair of authors, an experienced researcher and policy director in the subject area of the theme, presents an overview of the successes and failures in moving research into effective policy to deal with the impacts of global change.

Elements of the programme will reflect the BOU's 150 th anniversary and the role it has played over the last 150 years and what our continuing role in ornithology holds.

SESSIONS

CONFERENCE OPENING

Robert T. Watson

Chief Scientist & Sr. Advisor, SDN - The World Bank

THE RESERVE APPROACH

Invited paper:

Research: Richard Bradbury & Malcom Ausden (RSPB) & Policy: David Stroud (JNCC)

Plus offered papers

HABITAT CREATION AND RESTORATION

Invited paper:

Research : Phil Atkinson (BTO)  & Policy: David Collins (Defra)  

Plus offered papers

BIODIVERSITY ON AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY LAND

Invited paper:

Research: Juliet Vickery (BTO) & Policy: Phil Grice (NE)

Plus offered papers

BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN AREAS

Invited paper:

Research: Dan Chamberlain (BTO) & Policy: David Knight (EN)

Plus offered papers

REINTRODUCTIONS AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT

Invited paper:

Research: Ian Newton (CEH; former BOU President ) & Policy: Ian McLean (JNCC)  

Plus offered papers

CONFERENCE CLOSING

Bill Sutherland

University of Cambridge

A review of the conference to answer the general question - "How much further do we have to go in moving from science to policy and what are the priority areas?"

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