Friday 29th April 2016, Exeter Racecourse
Valuing Nature - What Does Nature Do For Devon?
9.00Registration opens (coffee)
9.30Welcome- What has Natural Devon achieved to date?
Suzanne Goodfellow, Chair, Natural Devon
9.40What Does Nature Do for Britain?
Tony Juniper, Author of ‘What Nature Does for Britain‘
10.05How Can We Evidence the Value of Nature?
Professor Ian Bateman, Exeter University and Natural Capital Committee
10.30What Does Nature Do For Devon? - Context for the rest of the day
Harry Barton, CEO, Devon Wildlife Trust
10.40Questions
10.50Coffee
11.20 – 11.40What Does Nature Do for Growth? The Exeter and East Devon Growth Point
Andy Wood, Director of the Growth Point
11.45 – 12.15Seminar1 - choice of topic(see below)
12.20 – 12.55Seminar 2 – choice of topic (see below)
12.55Lunch – opportunity to look at displays and take part in some Naturally Healthy activities
1.45Flood Risk Management
Neil Parish MP, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
2.05Soap Box session - 5 mins each
2.25What Does Nature Do for People?
Cllr Andrea Davis, Chair of the Devon Health & Wellbeing Board and Chair of Exmoor National Park Authority
Dave Gurnett, Learning and Outreach Officer, Exmoor National Park
2.55Seminar 3 – choice of topic (see below)
3.25Tea
3.45Open Forum - questions to Panel
4.20Closing remarks – Suzanne Goodfellow, Chair, Natural Devon
4.30Depart
Main sponsors: South West Waterand Devon County Council
Other sponsors: Plymouth University Marine Institute, EAD Ecology, Clinton Devon Estates, Blackdown Environmental, Devon’s AONBs
Seminar 1 – 30 mins (11.45)
1A. MARINE – What does the sea do for Devon? – the value of marine ecosystem services - Exe Room
Leads: Dr Olivia Langmead and Dr Sian Rees,Marine Institute, Plymouth University. Chaired by Professor Martin Attrill, LNP Board.
1B. WATER - How can we reduce flood risk using a land management approach? – Iddesleigh Gallery
Leads: Richard Smith, Environment Agency + Martin Hutchings, DCC Flood Risk Team. Chaired by HarryBarton , LNP Board.
1C. POLLINATORS – What more should we all be doing? – Denman Room
Lead: Andrew Whitehouse, Buglife. Chaired by Robin Milton, LNP Board Member.
1D. LANDSCAPES – What do landscapes and seascapes do for Devon? – Dart Room
Lead: Melanie Croll, Chair Devon Landscape Policy Group. Chaired by Corinna Woodall, LNP Board.
1E. NATURALLY HEALTHY – What can we learn from the National Park projects? – Haldon Room
Leads: Keeley Rolfe, Exmoor National Park Authority and Bekki Redshaw, Dartmoor National Park Authority. Chaired by Cllr Andrea Davis, Chair of the Devon Health and Wellbeing Board.
1F. INVASIVES & DISEASE – What can we do to reduce risk and costs? – Tavy Room
Leads: Rob Wolton, Chair Devon Hedge Group (and author of Devon’s Ash dieback action plan) + Jeremy Peirce, JP Associates. Chairedby John Holmes, LNP Board.
Seminar 2 – 35 mins (12.20)
2A. GREEN SPACE –How do we provide high quality accessible green space? - Dart Room
Leads: Jonny Miller, Teignbridge District Council and Alexis Huggins, Torbay Council. Chaired by Nicola Bulbeck, LNP Board.
2B. NATURALLY HEALTHY- New opportunities for Devon? – Haldon Room
Leads: Andy Sloper and Hannah Colston, Active Devon. Chaired by Cllr Andrea Davis, Chair of the Devon Health and Wellbeing Board.
2C. FOOD & FARMING - How do we maximize the value of Local Food ? – Tavy Room
Leads: Polly Frost, Soil Association + Martyn Bragg, Shillingford Organics & Exeter Community Food Network + Tim Jones, Chair of the Devon & Cornwall Business Council, Board member of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership. Chaired by Martyn Goss, Convenor of Exeter Food Network.
2D. LAND MANAGEMENT - Landscape scale conservation in Devon - where next? – Iddesleigh Gallery
Lead: Lisa Schneidau, Northern Devon Nature Improvement Area. Chaired by Robin Milton, LNP Board.
2E. MARINE – Sustainable fishing - what’s happening ? – Exe Room
Lead: Jim Portus, South Western Fish ProducersOrganisation. Chaired by Professor Martin Attrill, LNP Board.
Seminar 3 – 30 mins (2.55)
3A. ENERGY – Energy production and ecosystem services - are they compatible? – Tavy Room
Lead: Kevin Lindegaard, Director, Crops for Energy. Chaired by Corinna Woodall, LNP Board.
3B. REWILDING …..What could this mean in Devon? – Denman Room
Lead: Pete Burgess, Devon Wildlife Trust. Chaired by Harry Barton, LNP Board.
3C. WATER - Why are we investing in Upstream Thinking? – Iddesleigh Gallery
Lead: Lewis Jones, South West Water. Chaired by John Holmes, LNP Board.
3D. OUTDOOR LEARNING - Why Learn Outside? – Haldon Room
Leads: Jo Lewis and Martin Gilchrist, Natural Connections Demonstration Project. Chaired by David Weatherly, LNP Board and David Gurnett, Education Outreach Officer for Exmoor National Park Authority.
3E. MARINE - What’s the value of Marine Conservation Zones? – Exe Room
Lead: Nik Ward and Andrew Stanger, Natural England. Chaired byProfessor Martin Attrill, LNP Board.