30 July 2010

Gloucestershire NI197 2010 result now avaliable

Through the Local Area Agreement process, Local Authorities now have a statutory duty to report to central Government on a national indicator NI 197 Improved Local Biodiversity.

17 November 2009

Feedback and Presentations from Partnership Conference

This article contains the presentations and workshop responses from the Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership Conference held on the 14th November 2009 at Kingsholm Stadium.

Conference Feedback
	Beyond 2010. The Big Review: Putting our BAP on The Map Download responses from the workshops File: Feedback-Workshops-Conference-2009.pdf Size: 1.26 MB
Presentations can be downloaded here:
	"Securing Biodiversity" - A new national framework for biodiversity. What will this mean for LBAPs? Naomi Brookes, Regional Biodiversity Coordinator, Biodiversity SW. File: Presentation-1_SW-Regional-Delivery-Plan.pps Size: 8.33 MB
	Adapting to Climate Change in Gloucestershire Nichola Hughes, Climate Change Officer, Gloucestershire County Council. File: Presentation-2_Responding-to-Climate-Change.ppt Size: 3.28 MB
	The Cotswold Water Park Biodiversity Action Plan: Reviewed, re-launched and reported on BARS. "Lessons in maintaining a cool head!" Gareth Harris, Biodiversity Officer Cotswold Water Park Society. File: Presentation-3_Review-of-Cotswold-Water-Park-BAP.ppt Size: 704 KB
	Small steps lead to big changes - Big scale conservation in practice Dr David Bullock, Head of Conservation, National Trust and Dr Stuart Warrington, National Trust. File: Presentation-4_Big-Scale-Conservation.ppt Size: 36.3 MB

10 August 2009

Gloucestershire NI 197 - results available now

Through the Local Area Agreement process, Local Authorities now have a duty to report to central Government on a national indicator NI 197 Improved Local Biodiversity.

26 June 2009

Wildlife Sites Partnership

In June 2009 Ann Fells started working for Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust on a maternity cover post.

16 September 2010

Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership Steering Group meeting

The next Steering Group meeting for members will be held at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

The next Steering Group meeting for members will be held at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

22 May 2010

The BIG Picnic

An event to celebrate Biodiversity in Gloucestershire (BIG) on May 22nd International Day of Biodiversity

Gloucestershire FWAG would like to invite all partner organisations, interest groups, schools and colleges, villages and community groups in Gloucestershire to organise their own picnic, big or small, in places rich in wildlife that are special to them, like commons or nature reserves; or on farms with friends, or join us at our BIG Picnic.

FWAG’s BIG Picnic is our national celebration of Biodiversity here in Gloucestershire, on the top of Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common and we invite everyone to join us. We are organising the event with partners including Cheltenham Borough Council, Natural England, the Friends of Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common (FOLK), the Cotswold Way Team and Butterfly Conservation to name a few.  We are hoping a celebrity or two may come along and maybe even some television cameras. The event will be free, but you are invited to make donations on the day, however small, or via the pledge page on our website www.fwag.org.uk.  The donations will help fund FWAG, with partners such as the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust as charities, to give free advice to parish councils, schools and community groups about information about how to save biodiversity in villages across Gloucestershire, using FWAG’s Parish Approach Model*.

The event will be relaxed and informal, with guided walks along the Cotswold Way and points of wildlife interest on the commons.  There will be opportunities to have a go at dry stone walling and coppice craft for adults, with face painting and fun for children. Local apple juice, beer and cider will be on sale to get the dads along. We hope to provide disabled access to the event. There may be a chance to meet the cows that graze the common.  We would encourage everyone to buy local British food for the picnics either from farm shops and ofcourse follow the Countryside Code, bringing food and drink in reusable containers, following the old adage: 

Bring only yourself (with your local produce picnic and blanket!)

Take only pictures

Leave only footprints

We hope to make the BIG Picnic a county wide event that gets everyone who lives in Gloucestershire thinking about the biodiversity around us, celebrating it and the importance of protecting it for the future. We would encourage families to walk, cycle, bus or car share to their BIG picnic.

If you would like to get involved and organise an event – please let us know and we will publicise it for you. If you would like to join in the event at Leckhampton or just come along contact the Gloucestershire FWAG team details below.

For further information please contact

Jenny Phelps, jenny.phelps@fwag.org.uk; Jeni Pring jeni.pring@fwag.org.uk, Ellie Phillips  ellie.phillips@fwag.org.ukand Chantal Brown chantal.brown@fwag.org.ukat Gloucestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group   01452 627487

* The Parish Approach Model is currently being researched by the Countryside and Community Research Institute funded by Natural England.  For a copy please contact Jenny Phelps.