The importance of a ‘landscape scale’ approach to research and management of our ecosystems and natural resources is becoming increasingly topical in our everyday news.
This year in early September the ialeUK Annual Conference heads to London. Hosted by Dr James Millington and others at King’s College London, the theme of this year’s conference is ‘Urban landscape ecology: science, policy and practice’.
The ialeUK postgraduate workshop on spatial analysis for landscape ecologists - using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in postgraduate research will be held in July 2014.
The second international conference on Spatial Ecology & Conservation (SEC2), organised by ERT Conservation and endorsed by ialeUK, will take place at Birmingham University (UK) 17-20 June 2014.
In a two part edition across the spring and summer newsletter we hear from students awarded the STCA about their experience of the conference, including particular symposiums they benefited from and enjoyed, as well as thoughts for the future.
The principles of Landscape Ecology have been much in the news recently with the discussion around how to manage the flooding that has occurred with the wettest January on record.
The latest issue of ‘Ecosystems News’, contains articles on how an ecosystems approach is being applied in some of the UK’s largest population centres.
Trees are woven into our urban and rural fabric, and provide so many benefits to our way of life, from urban temperature regulation and noise reduction through to carbon storage and, in an increasingly polluted world, air purification.
The Landscape Institute have launched a position paper on public health and landscape, strengthening the evidence base that landscapes can help create healthy places and improve health and wellbeing.
The Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement published January 2013, sets out future policies for protecting, improving and expanding public and private woodland. One year on, the Forestry Commission report on their progress towards achieving these aims.
Defra have recently announced a pre-consultation on 37 potential sites for consideration during the second tranche of Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation.
