New Southern Oceans Working Group newsletter, on invasives This special edition of the SOWG e-Newsletter concentrates on Invasive animal and plant species, which are among the largest threats to biodiversity, and are a conservation issue commonly faced across the territories. As such, and inspired by a good deal of interest from SOWG members, this issue …
Deadline for offers of conference posters extended Mainly to facilitate students who are planning to submit a poster, we have extended the deadline for poster offers to 26th January. Others may now use the same deadline. We are now past the deadline but will consider late submissions, if we can, up to the deadline for …
Student prize for best student poster at UKOTCF online conference UKOTCF is pleased to confirm that, with the support of RSPB, it is offering a prize for the best student poster at the online conference “Staying Connected for Conservation in a Changed World” in early March. The competition is open to students from senior high-school …
2021 Conference booking open Booking for paticipation in the UKOTCF online conference on 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10th March is now open. For booking form, click here. For main conference page, click here.
UKOT/CD Music at the 2021 Conference Whilst we cannot have social gatherings in the usual sense at the conference, we are keen to include a cultural flavour of the territories insofar as we can. We are keen that the 5-minute breaks halfway through main sessions could help with this. We invite recordings with local flavours …
First Preliminary 2021 Conference Programme The preliminary conference programme is now available, including listings of the main topic sessions. It does not include posters which are only now being submitted (see /ukotcf-online-conference-2021-poster-presenters/). These will be added to the programme later. It does not yet include either the contents of the shorter sessions later in each …
Conference Sponsorship Opportunities Click here for information on how to take advantage of opportunities to sponsor the online conference Staying Connected for Conservation in a Changed World, UKOTCF’s 6th conference on conservation and sustainability in UK Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and other small island states, early March 2021. For informatin on other aspects of the …
Sir Richard & Lady Ground Lecture series to be initiated at March conference Sir Richard and Lady (Dace) Ground at the Haulover Field-Road (nature trail), set up by UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum and Turks & Caicos National Trust. They are holding copies of the trail guides designed by Dace for UKOTCF and featuring Richard’s …
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8 UK organisations join UKOTCF calling for UK Government to give adequate support to UKOT terrestrial conservation Sombrero Black Lizard, a species unique to tiny Sombrero Island, Anguilla – and rating highly too in the new measures. A campaign some 20 years ago coordinated by UKOTCF, other conservation bodies and FCO, prevented total habitat destruction …
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Conference Poster Submission Offers of posters for UKOTCF’s online conference may now be made. Links to background and introductory notes (which carry links to the submission forms) are now available on the main conference page. Submissions need to be made by 8th January.