Webinar on Restoration and Invasives March 2023 Webinar: Terrestrial Restoration and Invasive Non-Native Species in UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies – Date: 6th & 7th March 2023 (with a special workshop on 8th March) by Zoom. UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF) will hold an online webinar on a challenge facing conservationists across the …
Pre-publication offer on book on “the biggest species success story in UK conservation history” The above quote is from RSPB in 2020, about 35 years after the start of the project to reintroduce Red Kites to England and Scotland. Dr Mike Pienkowski, now UKOTCF’s Chairman, was the Chairman of the Team which set up this …
Forum News 57 (November 2022) published Forum News 57 (November 2022) has been published. You can download or read Forum News 57 here: http://www.ukotcf.org.uk/newsletters/forum-newsvers2/ Articles include: Project “From Blue Iguanas to Blue Vervain – Sharing the colonial histories from the UK Overseas Territories” facilitates new framewok of best practice Book offer New Council Member and …
UKOTCF Annual Report 2021-22 published UKOTCF’s Annual Report 2021-22 has been published and is available here (1.1 MB). Links to all annual reports are available here.
Forum News 56 published You can download or read Forum News 56 here: http://www.ukotcf.org.uk/newsletters/forum-newsvers2/ Articles include: Project launched on Cayman, Montserrat and other UKOTs: “From Blue Iguanas to Blue Vervain – Sharing the colonial histories from the UK Overseas Territories“ Updates on Adopt a Home for Wildlife project including linked initiative Monty’s Messengers (a kid’s club for Montserrat). Celebration …
Dr Richard Axton MBE It is with very great sadness that we heard of the death in late November 2021 of Dr Richard Axton, Honorary Director of the Sark Museum and Archive, and leader of our Associate organisation La Société Sercquiaise since 2005. For forty years, Richard worked tirelessly to preserve the history, environment, heritage …
A flag goes home The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, a not-for-profit charity, has been working with partners in the UK Overseas Territories to support their work for nearly 30 years. 2022 is the anniversary of the liberation of the Falklands, and UKOTCF was delighted to facilitate the return of the Battle Ensign of the …
Forum News 55 published Forum News 55 (December 2021) is now available here. Articles include: Project launched to protect through community action Montserrat’s animals and plants and the services they provide UK Overseas Territories at COP26, Glasgow EcoPlay Park; a place to play and experience nature through art and other practical activities Cross Pollination – …
Tristan da Cunha virtual tour One of many pages in the Tristan da Cunha VT UKOTCF’s Virtual Tours (a series rather like a slide-show under standard headings for each territory) was started at the request of students in Jersey, one of the Crown Dependencies, during UKOTCF’s conference there in 2006. Although it received a little …
New community project launched on Montserrat The Montserrat National Trust (MNT) and the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF) have worked in partnership for over 25 years, along with the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & Environment. On 29th October 2021, they launch an exciting and ambitious three-year project, joined also by other local partners, …