Local Sites Seminar held in Birmingham - January 2007
On 25 January 2007, Defra hosted a seminar for practitioners involved in Local Sites partnerships and others with a wider interest in Local Sites.
The aim of the seminar was to explore how to apply the principles set out in Defra’s Local Sites Guidance which was published in April 2006 and share good practice.
The seminar, which was supported by Natural England, Wildlife Trusts, Association of Local Government Ecologists, UKRIGS and the Geology Trusts, consisted of a series of talks, workshops and Q&A sessions.
The full presentations are available below:
Julian Claxton: The history behind the guidance
Dr Colin Prosser & David Knight: Setting the context
Mike Oxford: Local sites and the planning system
- Presentation (available soon)
Imogen Davenport: Incentives and engaging landowners
Ben McCarthy: Local and Regional Working
Andrew Taylor: Experience of the Lincolnshire partnership
John Reynolds: The educational potential of local sites
Rachel Hackett: Current status of local wildlife sites systems
Jonathan Larwood: Current status of local geological sites
Page published: 10 April 2006