Invertebrate Conservation Conference 2014

Location:
Charles Darwin House
Starts:
Friday 31 October 2014, 10:00

This event is run jointly by the Amateur Entomological Society, the British Ecological Society’s Conservation Special Interest Group and the BES Citizen Science Special Interest Group. 
 

This one-day conference provides an opportunity to bring together a variety of experts, professional and amateurs alike. Entomologists, field recorders, conservationists, landscape managers and researchers can all look forward to a motivating set of talks and discussions, focused on the key themes of the day: Natural England’s Mosaic Approach and Citizen Science. Both offer significant scope and opportunity for invertebrate conservation.

The event, including lunch and refreshments, costs £20 for AES and BES members and £30 for non-members.
 

You can book online through the website or contact John Millar for more information 

Event Details
The themes of the Conference are Natural England’s Mosaic Approach for managing habitats for species, and the increasingly popular use of Citizen Science as a means of recording wildlife and aiding conservation.

‘The Mosaic Approach works alongside and complements existing targeted species-specific conservation action, and can be applied both to specific sites as well as across a wider landscape.’ (Natural England)

In a New Dawn for Citizen Science (Trends in ecology and Evolution, Vol. 24, Issue 9) Jonathan Silvertown describes a citizen scientist as ‘a volunteer who collects and/or processes data as part of a scientific enquiry. Projects that involve citizen scientists are burgeoning, particularly in ecology and the environmental sciences, although the roots of citizen science go back to the very beginnings of modern science itself.’

Citizen science is particularly influential in conservation of species and, indirectly, habitats.
 

Zoë Randle of Butterfly Conservation will underline this in her presentation ‘Using citizen science data for conservation’.

The role of volunteers will be discussed in a Buglife presentation on their highly successful B-Lines project.

Other presentations include:

  • Tim Gardiner’s Climate change drives insects up the sea wall.
  • Stephen Miles talking about bare ground on heathland and other sites for flies, bees and wasps.
  • Paul Buckland’s talk on the Humberside peatlands, the Thorne and Hatfield Moors

Natural England will be represented to explain the Mosaic Approach.
 

The Conference provides the opportunity for amateur and professional entomologists and conservationists to participate in talks that bring together conservation and citizen science.
 

The attendance fee is solely to cover expenses and catering.

Poster opportunities

There are opportunities for poster displays.  If you are interested please contact John Millar.

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