Making the best land management decisions
Ecosystem Services: Making the Environment work for you
Harwell – April 21st 2016
This seminar will provide an introduction to the Ecosystem Service Approach and what it can deliver. It will showcase a number of places where the approach has been used and provides an opportunity to discuss the learning from these projects.
It’s aimed at people working in communities, Local Authorities and others who have an interest in what the environment can do for them. It will include a series of talks, demonstrations and an open question and answer sessions. It will be a great opportunity to find out more and engage with those people who have already undertaken similar studies.
Key Speakers
- Professor Roy Haines-Young – Fabis Consulting
- Professor Chris Spray – Dundee University
- Dr Katie Medcalf – Environment Systems
- Dr Geoff Hobbs – Bridgend County Borough Council
- Dr Lucy Rogers – Avon Wildlife Trust
- Ian Barker – New Forest National Park Authority
- Steve Keyworth – Environment Systems
Spaces are limited please register soon
Programme
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee and registration
11:00 – 11:10 Welcome – Jacqueline Parker, Chair – Team Projects Ltd
11:10 – 11:40 Professor Roy Haines-Young, Fabis Consulting – The value of the Ecosystem Approach – General introduction to the ecosystem approach and how it is used in a range of applications to enable people to better understand their environment
11:40 – 12:00 Dr Lucy Rogers, Avon Wildlife Trust – Adopting an ecosystem approach in the West of England
12.00 – 12:20 Ian Barker, New Forest National Park Authority – Using the Ecosystem Approach to engage a range of professionals and stakehodlers within the planning and land management sector
12:20 – 12:45 Dr Katie Medcalf, Environment Systems – Why ecosystem services matter – Ecosystem services – key learning from multiple projects – interactive session
12:45 – 1:30 Open discussion and lunch
1:30 – 1:35 Jacqueline Parker, Chair – Introduction to the afternoon session
1:35 – 2:05 Afternoon Keynote – Professor Chris Spray – Dundee University – SBC Regional Land Use Pilot managing water in the environment – Ecosystem services – addressing multiple issues in land use policy making – through multi-benefit maps and the land use framework
2:05 – 2:25 Dr Geoff Hobbs, Bridgend County Borough Council – Using ecosystem services to support biodiversity and enhance understanding in Bridgend – Making Bridgend’s biodiversity action plan reflect the true value of the environment and wildlife in the county
2:25 – 2:45 Steve Keyworth, Environment Systems – Ecosystem Services and Citizen Science – Helping citizens connect to their environment and realise its risks and benefits
2:45 – 3:05 Break for Tea & Coffee – Informal discussion
3:05 – 3:25 Neil Parker, Environment Systems – The Habitat Asset Register – the first stage in the ecosystem mapping process – and where it can take you – What you can achieve if you have a complete habitat map
3:25 – 4:00 Q & A discussion and sum-up
How to get there
Environment Systems
Satellite Applications Catapult
Electron Building
Fermi Avenue
Harwell
OX11 0QR
