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Welcome to your September edition of the NBN e-news update
NBN Conference
– bookings open!
Taking place
on the 20th
November 2009 at the Royal Institution of
Great Britain, Albemarle
Street, London,
this year’s Conference promises to be another great opportunity
for hearing about work across the NBN and networking with
partners. The theme is “Non-Native Species - alien invaders
or benign newcomers?” Book
Now!
In addition,
we are delighted that Dr Sandy Knapp of the Natural History Museum will
deliver The Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture, with a talk entitled - Origins and invasions: evolution and
distribution in a changing world
There will
also be posters, displays and demonstrations during lunchtime with the
following being confirmed so far: The OPAL Project; Orthoptera
Recording Scheme website and re-launch; The Darwin Guide to Recording
Wildlife; Darwin’s landscape;The Harlequin Invasion: timeline;
Scotland’s Nature and NBN web-services; Online recording in the
British Dragonfly Society.
- Dr Mark Hill, Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford
- Rob Cooke, Natural England
- Prof. Michael Crawley, Imperial
College, London
- Stephanie Peay, University of Leeds
& Scott Wilson
- Dr Sandy Knapp, Natural
History Museum, London
- Peter Brown, Anglia Ruskin
University
- Dr Remy Ware, Cambridge University.
- Dr Max Wade, RPS Group
We look
forward to seeing you there! Book
Now!
We are still looking for a Sponsor for
this conference! If you are interested please contact j.purdy@...
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10.00
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Registration
and coffee.
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10.15
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Welcome and
introduction
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10.20
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Non-native
species in Britain
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10.55
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Natural England’s
policy on invasive non-native species
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11.30
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Lessons from
past and present plant invasions
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12.05
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Crayfish in the
U.K.
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12.40
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Lunch, posters,
displays and demonstrations
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13.50
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The Sir John
Burnett Memorial Lecture, 2009
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14.30
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Watch out for
that alien
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15.05
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Interactions
between the invasive ladybird
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15.40
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Knowing your
non-natives
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16.15
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Chairman’s
summing up.
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16.30
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Tea and depart
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