Biodiversity Research Programme 1995-2008

Review of the Defra Biodiversity Research Programme 1995-2008 28 and 29 September 2009 Innovation Centre, Reading VENUE AND HOTEL LOCATION DETAILS Royal County Hotel Review Meeting Venue: INNOVATION CENTRE, READING 5th Floor, Northgate House, 21 - 23 Valpy Street, Reading, RG1 1AR, Tel: 0118 955 7800 There are a limited number of parking spaces available at the Innovation Centre. If you need to reserve a car parking space please phone 0118 955 7800 or e-mail <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>If you are traveling by car you may wish to use Reading’s Park & Ride facilities <a href="/goto?url=http://www.parkandride.net/reading/reading_frameset.html" target="_blank">http://www.parkandride.net/reading/reading_frameset.html </a>Information for other Reading car parks can be found at <a href="/goto?url=http://www.city-" target="_blank">http://www.city- </a>visitor.com/reading/carparks.html ••Directions from Reading Railway Station (5 minutes walk from Innovation Centre) Exit the platforms via the main barriers. If you arrive on platforms 5-9, you will need to go over the bridge and down the escalator. The Railair exit is closest to the Centre. •Railair exit (by station M&S) go down the stairs and cross over the Railair pick up and then cross at the traffic lights. Turn left towards roundabout then right into Blagrave Street. Immediately cross over the road towards Aldwych House. Continue up Blagrave Street taking the first left into Valpy Street. The Innovation Centre at North Gate House is the last building on left hand side. i ••Main exit (by station WHSmiths) – If you leave the station here (no stairs), you will exit onto Station Hill. Turn left and skirt the outside of the Station, you will pass the Railair pick up, then see instructions above. Caversham Exit – Please do not take this exit. Dinner and overnight accommodation venue: Royal County Hotel, 4-8 Duke Street, Reading, RG1 4RY, Tel: 0118 958 3455 Leave M4 at Junction 10, follow A329 to Reading leaving at last exit “A4 Reading Town Centre”. Stay in right hand lane, passing pub on right, Royal Berkshire Hospital on left. Turn right to town centre just after petrol station on your right. At traffic lights, turn right and stay in left lane. Bear left at next traffic lights, over bridge and filter left at traffic lights. Turn left at next lights [just past Blackwells] opposite Jacksons department store into Duke Street and the Royal County Hotel and Fusion Brasserie is on your right. Car park/set down point is down cobbled road just past hotel entrance. Limited free on-site parking 5 minute walk to the Innovation Centre Air: London Heathrow (28.5 miles) Gatwick Airport (57.5 miles) ii Biodiversity R&D Programme Review. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Innovation Centre, Reading </li><li style="flex:1">Monday 28th September 2009 </li></ul>AGENDA Day 1 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Time Project Title </li><li style="flex:1">Contractor </li><li style="flex:1">Presenter </li><li style="flex:1">Duration of </li></ul>Presentation (minutes) 10:00 10:30 Registration & coffee <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Chairman's welcome and introductions </li><li style="flex:1">Peter Costigan, </li></ul>Defra 10 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10:40 </li><li style="flex:1">The Biodiversity research programme: policy </li></ul>requirements in the context of other Defra programmes Sarah Webster, Defra Theme 1: Threats to biodiversity <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10:50 </li><li style="flex:1">Overview & context – threats to biodiversity </li><li style="flex:1">Helen Pontier, </li></ul>Defra 5<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Block 1 0302 </li><li style="flex:1">Climate change and migratory species. </li></ul>Indicator species and protocols for data collection <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">BTO </li><li style="flex:1">Rob Robinson, </li></ul>British Trust for Ornithology 10 0266 0308 Extensions to Accelerates: climate change, University of Oxford impacts and responses in the UK <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">TBC </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul>10 15 Modelling natural resource response to climate change (The Monarch 3 Project) <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">English Nature </li><li style="flex:1">James Paterson, </li></ul>ECI, University of Oxford 0327 and Towards adaptation to climate change (England Biodiversity Strategy) <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CEH </li><li style="flex:1">Centre for Ecology and </li></ul>Hydrology <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0326 </li><li style="flex:1">Conservation of biodiversity in a changing </li></ul>climate <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0389 </li><li style="flex:1">Habitat connectivity – the ecological basis </li></ul>for landscape permeability, facilitating adaptive response of species to climate <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Forest Research </li><li style="flex:1">Kevin Watts </li></ul>Forest Research 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">11:50 </li><li style="flex:1">15 </li></ul>10 DISCUSSION <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Block 2 0289 </li><li style="flex:1">Nitrogen atmospheric </li><li style="flex:1">CEH </li><li style="flex:1">Simon Smart, </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">pollution impacts on biodiversity </li><li style="flex:1">Centre for Ecology and </li></ul>Hydrology 0295 0430 Potential impacts of future energy policy on UK biodiversity <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ADAS </li><li style="flex:1">Robert Edwards, </li></ul>ADAS UK Ltd 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">Wind turbines: determining the risk to bat </li></ul>populations – phase 1 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">University of Bristol </li><li style="flex:1">Gareth Jones, </li></ul>University of Bristol <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">12:35 </li><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">Block 3 0281 </li><li style="flex:1">Provision of bag statistics for huntable </li></ul>birds <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CSL </li><li style="flex:1">Dave Parrott, </li></ul>The Food and Environment Research Agency <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0357 </li><li style="flex:1">Assessment of the level of compliance </li></ul>with the Environmental Protection <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ADAS </li><li style="flex:1">Sam Beechener </li></ul>ADAS UK Ltd 10 restriction on the use of lead shot) (England) Regulations 1999 (as amended) 13:05 13:15 DISCUSSION LUNCH 10 45 Paper review: Threats to biodiversity <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0213 </li><li style="flex:1">Integrated climate change </li><li style="flex:1">Cranfield University </li></ul>iii 0223 0245 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Climate change UK </li><li style="flex:1">ADAS </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">BTO </li><li style="flex:1">Investigation of the causes of the decline </li></ul>of House Sparrow and Starling in Great Britain <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0293 </li><li style="flex:1">Standard methodology to assess the risk </li></ul>from non-native species considered possible problems to the environment CSL 0371 0415 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Do bats avoid radar? </li><li style="flex:1">University of Aberdeen </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">UNEP-WCMC </li><li style="flex:1">Ad hoc technical expert group workshop </li></ul>on climate change and biodiversity 14:00 14:10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION OF PAPERS </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul>Theme 2: Economics and ecosystems <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Overview and context – economics and ecosystems </li><li style="flex:1">Helen Pontier </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>0394 and 0384 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Mapping of business tools and </li><li style="flex:1">Scott Wilson Ltd </li><li style="flex:1">Liz Clarke </li></ul>And Steve Smith, Scott Wilson Ltd 15 methodologies for managing biodiversity Benefits of global biodiversity assets to UK citizens: a literature review 0419 0391 The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity (TEEB) phase 2 part 1. Development of valuation framework <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">UNEP-WCMC </li><li style="flex:1">TBC </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">An evaluation of economic and non- </li></ul>economic techniques for assessing the importance of biodiversity to people in developing countries Institute of Rural Sciences Mike Christie, IBERS Aberystwyth University <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">14:50 </li><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION </li><li style="flex:1">15 </li></ul>Paper review: Economics and ecosystems <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0319 </li><li style="flex:1">Human health and wellbeing through </li></ul>countryside recreation Forestry Commission 15:05 15:10 DISCUSSION OF PAPERS TEA 520 Theme 3: International biodiversity <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">15:30 </li><li style="flex:1">Overview and context: international </li></ul>biodiversity Mark Stevenson, Defra 5<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Block 1 0406 </li><li style="flex:1">A global assessment of 100 questions of </li></ul>greatest importance to conservation policy makers and practitioners Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge Andy Swash, Defra 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0290 </li><li style="flex:1">Chinese plants for the horticultural trade </li><li style="flex:1">KEW </li><li style="flex:1">Noel McGough, </li></ul>Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 15 10 10 0258 and Scientific advice on plant trade policy <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0256 </li><li style="flex:1">CITES capacity building </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0340 </li><li style="flex:1">CITES scientific authority support: trade </li></ul>in raptors from Guinea Fauna & Flora International Vin Fleming, Joint Nature Conservation Committee <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0350 </li><li style="flex:1">Wildbirds trade: impact on livelihoods </li></ul>and illegal trade <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">UNEP-WCMC </li><li style="flex:1">UNEP </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">16:20 </li><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">Block 2 0345 </li></ul>0300 Imported bushmeat – species identification using DNA profiling DNA profiling of birds of prey – fluorescent multiplexing Wildlife DNA Services Wildlife DNA Services Helen Pontier, Defra 0202 and Feathers as a source of DNA 0207 DNA testing using tiger bone University of Nottingham Forensic Science Service <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">16:40 </li><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>Block 3 0407 0282 Review of zoos’ contribution and education contribution <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ADAS </li><li style="flex:1">Sam Beechener, </li></ul>ADAS UK Ltd 10 Secretary of State's zoo inspectors' performance International Zoo Veterinary Group Andrew Greenwood, International Zoo Veterinary Group 10 iv <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">17:05 </li><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>Paper review: international 0209 0243 0249 0260 0312 0333 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wolf dogs </li><li style="flex:1">International Zoo </li></ul>Veterinary Group Bushmeat trade in Central and West Africa (bushmeat) Natural Resources Institute Plant substances as alternatives for animal products in traditional medicines University of Middlesex An investigation into the trade in tortoises in Great Britain TRAFFIC The husbandry of elephants in UK zoos University of Bristol Overseas Development Institute CITES licences – assessment of recent bushmeat research and recommendations to her majesty’s government <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0397 </li><li style="flex:1">CITES licences – an assessment </li></ul>of the impact Eftec 17:10 17:20 19:30 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION OF PAPERS </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul>Instructions for dinner, Day 2 Conference meal with guest speaker vBiodiversity R&D Programme Review. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Innovation Centre, Reading </li><li style="flex:1">Tuesday 29th September 2009 </li></ul>AGENDA Day 2 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Time Project Title </li><li style="flex:1">Contractor </li><li style="flex:1">Presenter </li><li style="flex:1">Duration of </li></ul>Presentation (minutes) 08:45 09:00 Registration & coffee Chairman's introduction Overview and context – habitats and species Peter Costigan Mark Stevenson 15 Theme 4: Habitats and species <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Block 1 0150 </li><li style="flex:1">Barn owls phase 2 </li><li style="flex:1">BTO </li></ul>CSL Mark Rehfisch, British Trust for Ornithology 15 10 0373 and BTO birds projects <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0219 </li><li style="flex:1">AEWA – introduced waterbirds </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">n/a </li><li style="flex:1">Further research on ruddy duck </li><li style="flex:1">Iain Henderson, </li></ul>The Food and Environment Research Agency <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0287 </li><li style="flex:1">Japanese Knotweed </li></ul>DISCUSSION <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CABI </li><li style="flex:1">Sean Murphy, </li></ul>CABI 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">09:50 </li></ul>Block 2 Paper review: Species 0222 0237 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ruddy duck cull </li><li style="flex:1">CSL </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">LGC </li><li style="flex:1">A review of current wildlife species </li></ul>genetic research: Identification of a priority list of wildlife species in trade, where DNA research would assist law enforcement 0253 0259 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Musk deer </li><li style="flex:1">WWF </li></ul>Analysis of non-native species legislation DISCUSSION OF PAPERS Ecoscope <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10:00 </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul>Paper review: Habitats (review is by papers only) Block 3 0216 0220 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Monitoring heathland fires in Dorset </li><li style="flex:1">Terra </li></ul>Research into proposed criteria defining “important” hedgerows ADAS 0230 0261 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Biodiversity independent evaluation </li><li style="flex:1">Entec </li></ul>Sites of local nature conservation importance Just Ecology 0307 0398 0418 Environmental benefits of domestic gardens University of Sheffield Scott Wilson JNCC Review of evidence needs for Defra’s global biodiversity sub-programme Developing a mechanism for filling knowledge gaps in UK biodiversity action plans 10:10 10:30 OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF PAPERS COFFEE 20 20 Theme 5: Countryside Survey <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10:50 </li><li style="flex:1">Overview of Countryside Survey </li><li style="flex:1">Helen Pontier </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>vi <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10:55 </li><li style="flex:1">195 </li><li style="flex:1">CS2000 feasibility </li><li style="flex:1">University of </li></ul>Nottingham Not recorded NERC NERC NERC Simon Smart, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 15 203 210 211 212 263 ECN/CS2000 Countryside survey 2000 CS2000 part 2 – freshwater CS2000 part 3 – LCM2000 CS2000 module 9 local results and pilot indicators CEH <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">264 </li><li style="flex:1">CS2000 FOCUS (from CS2000 follow up) </li></ul>module 17 CEH 298 316 Scoping study for countryside survey 2006 ADAS Preparing for CS2006 (2007) phase 1 NERC 334 360 Countryside survey 2007 (prep phase 2) Countryside survey 2007 CEH CEH 11:10 11:20 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul>Theme 6: Indicators and monitoring <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Overview of indicators and monitoring </li><li style="flex:1">Mark Stevenson, </li></ul>Defra 5 0251 0236 0273 and Native woodland survey Non-woodland tree survey Native woodland survey phase 2 (biodiversity British woodlands) Plant atlas English Nature Forestry Commission CEH Simon Smart, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 15 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0167 </li><li style="flex:1">NERC </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CEH </li><li style="flex:1">0322 </li></ul>and 0386 Targeted monitoring of air pollution and climate change impacts on biodiversity Site based monitoring business Nigel Critchley, ADAS UK Ltd 10 15 ADAS CEH development plan (targeted monitoring) 0402 and 0405 Extending the use of butterfly recording data in the UK UK biodiversity Indicators – invasive non-native species David Roy, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 0388 0363 Habitat connectivity - development of an indicator for the EBS, UK and CBD reporting part 1 Forest Research BTO Kevin Watts, Forest Research 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">10 </li><li style="flex:1">Climate change and migratory species - </li></ul>indicator species and protocols for data collection Stuart Newson, British Trust for Ornithology <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">0374 </li><li style="flex:1">UK spring indicator </li></ul>DISCUSSION <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Woodland Trust </li><li style="flex:1">Richard Smithers, </li></ul>Woodland Trust 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">15 </li><li style="flex:1">12:35 </li></ul>Paper review: Indicators and monitoring 0175 0186 0241 0250 0270 0276 0297 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ECOFACT </li><li style="flex:1">NERC </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Bat monitoring </li><li style="flex:1">Bat Conservation Trust </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">NBNT </li><li style="flex:1">National Biodiversity Network </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">MAGIC </li><li style="flex:1">FRCA </li></ul>Global biodiversity information facility Biodiversity monitoring JNCC Just Ecology <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Entec </li><li style="flex:1">Local authority performance indicators </li></ul>for biodiversity 0299 0404 Enhancement of agriculture and environment statistics Eurostat UK biodiversity indicators – development of an indicator of genetic diversity in selected farm breeds SAC Commercial Ltd <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">12:50 </li><li style="flex:1">DISCUSSION OF PAPERS </li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul>13:00 13:40 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">LUNCH </li><li style="flex:1">40 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">20 </li><li style="flex:1">Lessons learned from the backward look </li></ul>vii 10 5DAY 2 Forward Look <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Forward Look introduction </li><li style="flex:1">14:00 </li></ul>14:05 15:50 16:00 Structured discussion Sum up 1hr45 10 CLOSE viii CONTENTS Page No. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Venue </li><li style="flex:1">i</li></ul>Agenda Contents iii ix xiv xiv xiv xiv xvi xvi xx Section 1 Policy requirements document Section 1.1 Purpose of this paper Section 1.2 Objectives of the Review Section 1.3 Background Section 1.4 Non R&D budget Section 1.5 Policy History Section 1.6 Defra’s priorities and objectives Section 1.7 Biodiversity policy responsibilities and objectives Section 1.7.1 Policy objective xxi xxi xxi xxi Section 1.7.2 Policy responsibilities Section 1.8 Science and policy objectives of the biodiversity research programme <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">xxii </li><li style="flex:1">Section 1.8.1 Domestic ROAME </li></ul>xxiv xxvi xxvi xxxv Section 1.8.2 International Biodiversity ROAME Section 1.9 Biodiversity Research Programme Section 1.10 Funding profile and financial review Section 1.11 Key questions Annex A Summary of key policies, legislation commitments and other events that have influenced biodiversity up to 2008 xxxvi Annex B Summary of expenditure on projects, according to themes, delivered by the Biodiversity Research Programme 1995 – 2008 xlviii lvii Annex C Evidence delivered by the Biodiversity Research Programme towards policy needs identified in the Evidence and Innovation Strategy

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