BRIG 21

2February 2010

Agenda

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UK Biodiversity Reporting and Information Group

21st Meeting –11:00-16:00, 2nd February2010

Peterborough Northminster House, Large Blue Butterfly Room

DRAFT AGENDA

1.Welcome and apologies

2.Final acceptance of minutes of last meeting

  1. BRIG 20th meeting draft minutes

3.Actions from last meeting

4.UKBP Standing Committee

  1. Report back from 29th OctoberAndy
  2. Agenda for April 2010 Standing CommitteeSarah

5.BRIG work plan

  1. BRIG Terms of Reference and workplan revisionGreg, Paul, Matt

6.UK Habitat Groups

  1. Progress reportVicky
  2. Messages from groupsVicky
  3. Report: “Acting on the Outcomes of the Favourable Conservation

Status Report”. Paper (

  1. Clarification of relationship of UK Marine Habitats group and other
    marine governance groups.Paul
  2. Progress on outstanding habitat definitionsVicky
  3. Target setting for priority species and habitats.Paul

7.Web tools

Habitat Management for species – Progress reportVicky

8.Next reporting Round:

  1. Further development of BARSSteve
  2. Post-2008 reporting (including 2010 targets)Paul

9.Surveillance Strategy

Progress reportL Way tbc

10.Communication

  1. NEAWCMC/Paul tbc
  2. UKBP conference – Stirling 23-24th November to cover COP10

To be responding to Nagoya

  1. UK BAP website Vicky/ Linda
  2. UKBAP contactsLinda

11.Standing items

  1. Country groupsCountry reps
  2. NBNJim
  1. Any other business
  2. Next meeting

Room phone number: [03000603917]; JNCC reception: 01733 562626; Natural England reception: 01733 455000

UK Biodiversity Reporting and Information Group

ACTIONS FROM 20th Meeting

11h00, 16 September 2009

London Nobel House, Conference Room E

Action 1: JNCC to proceed with making information available on the UK BAP website, for species considered but not selected for the UK BAP list of priority species. Ongoing

Action 2: Country reps for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland to chase their country’s response to the global plant strategy and appointment of representatives,if possible. Ongoing

Action 3: Paul to circulate CSG NEA-update paper to BRIG.Done

Action 4:Vicky to circulate list of members of UK habitat groups.Done

Action 5:Vicky to circulate the minutes of BRIG meetings to UK Habitat groups, along with any papers of interest and a contact name. Done

Action 6:UK habitat groups to send their minutes to BRIG secretariat.Done

Action 7:Paul/Sarah to report back to BRIG members by email on the progress of clarification of the

relationship of UK marine habitat groups and other marine governance groups. Done

Action8:Megan/Vickyto work on paper about web-based habitat management tools for UK Standing Committee, needed in time for circulation on the 14th October. Done

Action 9:JNCC to check the new web-based options (particularly BARS) with Steve Wilkinson for advice about technological feasibility. Ongoing

Action 10: Paul to report progress to Standing Committee, summarising the situation with UK Lead Partners and proposing to make recommendations once country work is sufficiently advanced. Ongoing

Action 11:Paul to write final paper to Standing Committee, adding assessment of SMART targets for priority species and habitats, and putting country up-dates in an annex. Ongoing

Action 12:JNCC to report to Standing Committee on the many strands of further work needed for post-2008 reporting, and make them aware of all of the possible options for creating the evidence base behind reporting as they currently stand. Ongoing

Action 13:Paul/Sarah to circulate update on the Defra research specification investment.Done

Action 14: Liz to copy Welsh framework diagram to Linda.Done

Action 15: Video conferencing is a priority for the next meeting.Done

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