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Reshaping Scotland: Nature Restoration in Action Scotland Conference Programme – 3rd October 2024, Perth |
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| 8:45 | Registration & Tea/Coffee |
| 09:20 |
Welcome and Introduction Dr Caroline McParland CEnv MCIEEM, Vice President (Scotland) |
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SESSION 1. Ecosystem Restoration and Species Re-introductions Chair: Dr Richard Handley CEcol MCIEEM, CIEEM President |
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| 09:30 |
Keynote: Restoring resilient ecosystems Professor Colin Galbraith, Chair of NatureScot |
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The future for conservation translocation as a nature restoration tool in Scotland: Lessons from international experience Dr Martin Gaywood MCIEEM, NatureScot |
| 10:20 |
The Cairngorms Beaver Project: Lessons in landscape-scale restoration Dr Robert Needham, Beaver Trust and Dr Sally Mackenzie, Cairngorms National Park Authority |
| 10:45 |
CIEEM’s Good Practice Guidance for Ecological Restoration Amanda Ophof, CIEEM Ecological Restoration Special Interest Group |
| 11:00 | Break |
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SESSION 2. Chair: Dr Caroline McParland CEnv MCIEEM, Vice President (Scotland) |
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| 11:30 |
Developing a Scottish biodiversity metric for the planning system Paul Taylor and Craig Smith, NatureScot |
| 11:55 | WORKSHOPS
Brendan Turvey, NatureScot
I-Hsien Porter, MCIWEM C.WEM CEnv CSci and Cathy Lemon, JBA Consulting; Duncan Morrison, Scottish Borders Council; Phil Kearney, Tweed Forum
Dr Andy Tharme MCIEEM and Jayne Ashley, South of Scotland Enterprise
Paul Taylor and Craig Smith, NatureScot |
| 12:40 | Lunch and Networking |
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SESSION 3. Nature Networks – Restoring Ecological Connectivity Across Scotland Chair: Julia McCarthy, MCIEEM, CIEEM Scotland committee |
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| 13:40 |
EcoUplift: Designing NatureNetworks with connectivity, corridors and optimisation Dr Lewis Deacon MCIEEM, CEnv and Dr Peter Hurley, AECOM |
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Nature networks in Orkney – a stepping stone approach to achieving connectivity Nina Caudrey MCIEEM, MRPTI, Orkney Islands Council |
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SESSION 4. A Focus on Peatlands Chair: Julia McCarthy, MCIEEM, CIEEM Scotland committee |
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| 14:30 |
Delivery of peatland restoration at scale; Monitoring success and sharing lessons learnt Rachel Short MCIEEM, ScottishPower Renewables |
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Adoption and implementation of Peatland Restoration principles achieves a better outcome than standard specifications Ian McKee, NatureScot Peatland ACTION |
| 15:20 | Break |
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SESSION 5. Nature Restoration at Scale Chair: Professor Roger Crofts FCIEEM, CIEEM Patron |
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| 15:50 |
South Scotland’s largest community buy-out: Creating the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve Jenny Barlow CEnv, Langholm Initiative |
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FLS Glen Prosen – Large scale nature restoration on a former grouse moor Christine Reid, Gareth Ventress MCIEEM and Sophie Cade, Forestry and Land Scotland |
| 16:40 | Summary and close |