Forth Naturalist & Historian
C/o Stirling CouncilViewforth
Stirling, FK8 2ET
Tel: 01786 442768
Email:
Date: 6th September 2012
Dear Sir or Madam:
Forth Valley Wildlife and Landscape Forum
I would like to invite you to be part of the second Forth Valley Wildlife and Landscape Forum, which will take place on Saturday 22nd September at Alloa Academy.
The Forum will bring together those actively involved in local nature conservation, including amateurs and professionals, environmental organisations, biological recorders and community groups. The aim is to raise awareness of one another’s activities and encourage networking and collaboration.
This free, day long event will be organised around two main elements
· In the school’s large atrium area we would like participants to man a desk and provide information or a display showing their activities. This will provide everyone with the opportunity to learn about each other’s work.
· In the assembly hall there will be a programme of illustrated presentations. These will include 30 min talks describing local wildlife conservation activities and a series of five minute ‘taster presentations’ in which local groups will describe what they do and so encourage delegates to visit their displays.
The Forth Naturalist and Historian has worked with the Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Biodiversity Partnerships to organise this Forum.
We hope that you and your organisation will agree to be involved both by encouraging your members to attend and by displaying information at a stall.
Please let me know as soon as possible, or by Friday 14th September at the latest, whether or not you will be able to attend. If you think there are others that could contribute then please let me know and an invitation will be extended to them.
Yours sincerely,
Guy Harewood
Timetable for the Forth Valley Wildlife & Landscape Forum 2012.
Saturday 22nd September @ Alloa Academy
9.30 – 10.00 / Registration (tea and coffee will be provided)10.00 – 10.15 / Welcome and Introduction
10.15 – 10.45 / Inner Forth Landscape Initiative & Futurescapes (Kate Studd & David Anderson, RSPB)
10.45 – 11.15 / Short talks
11.15 – 11.45 / FNH Journal's Contribution to Wildlife Conservation in Clacks (Roy Sexton, Stirling SWT)
Clacks Biodiversity Action Plan (Donald Balisllie, Clacks Council)
11.45 – 12.30 / Lunch (tea and coffee will be provided) – attendees will have to bring their own packed lunches or purchase lunch off site.
12.30 – 13.00 / TBC – either the Ochils Landscape Partnership (OLP Committee)
or the Jubilee Woods project in Stirling (Guy Harewood, Stirling Council)
13.00 – 13.15 / Short talks
13.15 – 15.00 / Fayre
15.00 – 15.15 / Closing comments
The Forum is being held at:
Alloa Academy, Bowhouse Road, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. FK10 1DN.
Registering an interest
Please fill in the following form:
Group nameName of contact person
Address
Phone number
Will you man a stall or display
Would you like to do a 5min Taster Presentation
Please email your completed form to
Or post to: Guy Harewood
Stirling Council
Room 315
Viewforth
Stirling, FK8 2ET