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Policy Meetings

Future Meetings

Details of future policy meetings will be announced as these become available.

Past Meetings

Ecosystem Services and the Ecosystem Approach
A special session at the British Ecological Society's annual meeting organised co-jointly by the BES and the UK Biodiversity Research Advisory Group (UKBRAG). Imperial College London, 4 September 2008.
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A summary of discussion at the workshop, along with copies of speakers' presentations, will be available shortly.

Projecting the impacts of climate change on biodiversity
The British Ecological Society, Defra, Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England and the Woodland Trust
A one-day workshop at the Defra Innovation Centre, Reading, 26 June 2008.
Workshop programme
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Download speakers' presentations:
Perspectives from policy: context. Elaine Kendall, Defra
How evidence informs policy. Dr Clive Walmsley,CCW and Richard Smithers, Woodland Trust
Projecting the indirect impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Dr Ian Holman, Cranfield University
The new UKCIP08 scenarios - what are they likely to tell us? Alex Harvey, UKCIP

Invasive non-native species: an ecological and economic threat
The British Ecological Society and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology seminar
Houses of Parliament, May 2008

Natural resource protection: What are the appropriate public policy mechanisms to protect ecosystem goods and services in the UK?
British Ecological Society and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Seminar
Houses of Parliament, May 2007

UK Forests: A sustainable resources for the future?
British Ecological Society and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Seminar
Houses of Parliament, January 2007
POSTnote on UK Forests and Trees

Assessing Ecosystem Services in the UK
BES - Defra Workshop
London, December 2006
Workshop Output

Ecological Question Time
British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
University of Oxford, September 2006
Chair: Alex Kirby
Panellists: Barry Gardiner MP, Bill Wiggin MP, Chris Huhne MP, Tim Radford and Professor Georgina Mace

Discussion on the International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB)
British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
University of Oxford, September 2006
Chair: Dr Andrew Pullin
Speakers: Professor Georgina Mace and Dr Andrew Stott (Defra)

Sustainability: Making Britain Green
British Ecological Society, British Psychological Society and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Seminar
Houses of Parliament, July 2006
Chair: Ray Miller, President, The British Psychological Society
Speakers: Dr Daniel Osborn (BES), Professor Dick Eiser (BPS) and Professor David Uzzell (BPS)

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecology for Africa
British Ecological Society and Globe UK Meeting
Houses of Parliament, May 2006
Chair: Malcolm Bruce MP
Speakers: Gareth Thomas MP (DfID), Professor Sir John Lawton FRS (BES) and Professor Georgina Mace FRS (BES)

CAP Reform: Can Agri-Environment Schemes Deliver Public Benefit?
British Ecological Society and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Seminar
Houses of Parliament, February 2006
Chair: The Earl of Selborne
Speakers: Professor William Sutherland (UEA), Chris Reid (English Nature), John Hall (Essex Wildlife Trust)
POSTnote on Farmland Wildlife

Post-2012 Climate Change Agreement
Globe UK Meeting
Houses of Parliament, November 2005
Chair: Malcolm Bruce MP
Speakers: Elliot Morley MP (Defra) and Sir John Lawton FRS (BES)

Establishing an Evidence-Based Framework for Managing Biodiversity in a Period of Rapid Climate Change
British Ecological Society and the Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation Workshop
London, June 2005
Workshop output

 

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