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Newsletter Winter 2012

Editorial

As Spring approaches it is always good to have a bit of a clear-out. After much debate ialeUK has decided to put on a Spring sale and make available back issues of conference proceedings at a knock-down price...


Conference 2012 - Landscape ecology: linking environment and society

A reminder to all that this year's ialeUK conference is being held in Edinburgh from 4th-6th September 2012.


Report - The 8th IALE World Congress, Beijing, China

Monique Gulickx reports back from her visit to the IALE World Congress in 2011. Her visit was part-supported by an ialeUK student conference travel award.


Workshop: Integrating Scientific Research and Policy with Spatial Data

ialeUK workshop for PhD candidates affiliated to Landscape Ecology. The University of Reading, 16-17 April 2012

 


IALE-Europe: the position and plans of the European chapter for 2012-2013

Teresa Pinto Correra, the Chair of the newly elected Executive Committee of IALE-Europe tells us about the goals and role of the European chapter and its planned activities.


Using the National Biodiversity Network Gateway for landscape ecology

Some of you reading this article will hopefully have heard of the NBN, but if you are unaware of exactly what it is and what it does, here is a brief summary.

 


Spring Sale - Past Conference Proceedings

ialeUK is having a Spring sale on all past conference proceedings from 5 years ago or more.


Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs)

As we go to press the Government has published the list of 12 Nature Improvement Areas (Feb 27th).


Ecosystems Knowledge Network: connecting people and nature

A healthy natural environment is the foundation of a sustainable future with prospering communities. In the UK and elsewhere, pioneering projects are exploring new ways of managing land and sea environments and the benefits people derive from them.

A new network has been sponsored by Defra with the aim of sharing experience from projects taking an ecosystems approach.


Measuring connectivity and spatial planning: some highlights from the 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology

The 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology was held in Auckland, New Zealand, from the 5th to the 9th of December.  I imagine I was probably the only ialeUK member to attend (having the advantage of currently being a local) but there was so much useful stuff that was of relevance to landscape ecology...