Landscape Ecology UK

Yes it's Friday - but don't forget to submit you abstract to our conference "Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale" 1-3rd July in Edinburgh. The deadline is 23:59 on Monday evening.

There is still 4 days left to submit your abstract to join our conference "Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale"! 1-3rd July, Edinburgh. Registering for the conference includes: > Welcome reception > Two packed days of presentations within our themes: technological innovations, nature restoration exemplars, scaling monitoring to the landscape scale and novel reporting solutions. > Talks from four keynote speakers representing academia, Government, and NGOs. > Conference networking dinner > All lunches and refreshments included > Choice of two field excursions More info here: https://lnkd.in/eUyWwdsb

You may have heard about our Early Career Workshop on the Restoration of Freshwater Habitats, happening in Oxford 7-8th April. But we're also offering the chance for non-early career members and non-members to join the visit to the River Dorn Natural Flood Management scheme on the Blenheim Palace Estate - 10:00 on the 8th April. Details here: https://lnkd.in/e4eB9Y6U

Calling all Early Career Researchers and Practitioners interested in freshwater habitats! We are excited to announce our 2025 Early Career Workshop will focus on the Restoration of Freshwater Habitats. Hosted in Oxford, on day 1 (7th April) we have a morning of talks from local catchment partners, followed by workshop activities to develop skills in systematic review methods, and an afternoon visit to the BBOWT Ludgershall Habitat bank. On day 2 (8th April) we have a visit to the Blenheim Palace Estate lined up to see their Stage Zero scheme - restoring natural processes to regulate the flow of the River Dorn. The event is open to our members (student membership = £15, full membership £30/year). Student members go free. Full members within 5 years of their last degree are welcome to join for £30. All lunches, refreshments and a dinner are included. https://lnkd.in/ewzTAsJ6

We are looking forward to our conference excursion to Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh, on the 3rd July - a 100 acre site run by a workers cooperative, engaging in habitat restoration and farming methods to promote biodiversity. Our conference keynote speaker, Dr Hannah Rudman FBCS FRSA, previously put together this video…. https://lnkd.in/eHv8A6SN Details of our conference can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eUyWwdsb #conference #landscape #ecology #sustainability #farming

Our first Landscape Ecology UK conference was back in 1992 - back when we were called IaleUK. What have you always enjoyed about our conferences? Do you remember any in particular? Our community have often commented that they have enjoyed the warm, friendly atmosphere, and how easy it is to network and build lasting connections at our events (the value for money has also been appreciated 😉 ) See information about our past conferences and upcoming 2025 conference here: https://lnkd.in/eqhZvifR

We are pleased to announce our fourth keynote speaker for the Landscape Ecology UK 2025 conference: Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale! Ruth Waters is Director of Evidence in Natural England where she oversees the monitoring and science strategy for the organisation.  She is a strong advocate for inter-disciplinary application of science in real-world settings for nature recovery.  Ruth has worked on a wide range of projects and has broad multi-disciplinary experience including working with economists, social scientists, and ecologists to seek better ways of understanding, valuing and managing our natural environment for people and nature. Ruth was the lead natural scientist in the team supporting Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta on the independent review of The Economics of Biodiversity. She leads the team delivering the terrestrial Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment for England. See here for more details about our conference: https://lnkd.in/eUyWwdsb

We are pleased to announce our third keynote speaker for the Landscape Ecology UK 2025 conference: Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale!    Nathalie Pettorelli is a conservation biology professor at ZSL’s Institute of Zoology where she began as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in 2006. She has authored/co-authored/co-edited 6 books and authored/co-authored over 220 peer-reviewed scientific publications on topics that include climate change ecology, biodiversity monitoring, remote sensing as well as environmental and wildlife management. Nathalie is currently a member of Defra’s Biodiversity Expert Committee, the Office for Environmental Protection College of Experts and RSPB’s Conservation Advisory Committee; she also co-chairs the BES' rewilding specialist interest group. She is the Editor in Chief of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, a high impact peer reviewed journal publishing multidisciplinary research from the interface between remote sensing science and ecology and conservation.    See here for more details about our conference: https://lnkd.in/eUyWwdsb

Did you hear – if you’re joining us for day 3 of our conference you have a choice between two excursions! If you’re after a full day adventure, join us on a visit to the Carrifran Wildwood:  The Wildwood project seeks to re-create a valley of wooded wilderness in the Southern Uplands with most of the rich diversity of native species that existed there thousands of years ago before human activities became dominant. The 1620 acre valley in the Moffat Hills was bought through the hard work of a dedicated team of volunteers and the help of many generous supporters.    On 1st January 2000, the purchase was completed, entry to the land gained and the first trees were planted at Carrifran. Since then over 750,000 native trees, all from local provenance stock, have been planted in the valley.    The first ecological restoration project of its kind, the Carrifran Wildwood is hoped to be an inspiration and an educational resource to many over the next millennium. See here for more details about our conference:  https://lnkd.in/eUyWwdsb See here for more on Carrifran Wildwood: https://lnkd.in/dx_smfHT

We are pleased to announce our second keynote speaker for the Landscape Ecology UK 2025 conference: Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale!    Yvonne Edwards is a Chartered Forester and Chartered Ecologist working for the University of Edinburgh developing the innovative Forest and Peatland Programme.  The Programme is creating woodland and restoring peatland both on owned land and with partners across Scotland and will be developing a monitoring, reporting and verification system on metrics that will include carbon, biodiversity and social benefits.  This data and sites will be long term learning and research resources. As the Data Manager for the Native Woodland Survey of Scotland, Yvonne developed this national resource of validated ecological data, that was the first full record of Scotland’s Native Woodlands. In addition, she has worked on the restoration of vacant and derelict land sites to woodland, on habitat and species conservation and led a team planning and managing both new and existing forests. See here for more details about our conference: https://lnkd.in/eUyWwdsb