Habitats are home: celebrating International Year of Biodiversity in South Lanarkshire
23 April 2010
A South Lanarkshire Local Biodiversity Partnership (SLBP) and Community Planning Partnership Conference.
Where: Rutherglen Town Hall
When: 23 April 2010
2010 marks the UN's International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), with its aims of increasing awareness, reducing the loss of biodiversity and celebrating success stories. In the UK a series of events will run throughout the year, including the celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22nd.
It's an important time to talk about biodiversity. 2010 marks a key point in the global fight to conserve biodiversity. It's the year by which the UN aims to have significantly reduced the rate of biodiversity loss and by which the European Union wishes to have completely halted biodiversity decline.
The South Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership also wish to mark IYB by holding a conference which illustrates and celebrates the vital role biodiversity plays in every persons life.
The conference will take the form of a morning of talks followed by an afternoon workshop or site visit. There will also be the opportunity for local organisations to display posters and have stalls which outline the work and projects they have underway in South Lanarkshire.
There will be a strong focus on ecosystem services and what biodiversity delivers for the people of South Lanarkshire. We are keen to emphasise the good work that is undertaken in South Lanarkshire and identify areas/ themes which can be built upon or require some work to be initiated.
We hope to attract a wide range of participants, particularly small NGOs which deliver biodiversity work across the area, community groups with a biodiversity interest and business/ agricultural interest groups which rely upon ecosystem services to deliver their service. Representatives from Biodiversity Partnership organisations who are unable to attend regular LBAP meetings are also encouraged to come along as are representatives from a range of South Lanarkshire Council departments.
The conference will provide a good opportunity to celebrate success stories, promote ongoing projects and network with other individuals and organisations who are involved in conservation work across South Lanarkshire.
For further details please contact:
Siân Williams
Biodiversity Officer
South Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership
Countryside and Greenspace Service
Community Resources
South Lanarkshire Council
Chatelherault Country Park
Carlisle Road
Hamilton
ML3 7UE
Tel: 01698 426213
01698 543419 (direct)
