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 bird photographs. Photo: Dr Mike Pienkowski

UKOTCF is honoured to be able to initiate, at its March online conference, a series of occasional high-level lectures on conservation in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies named after the long-term supporters of such conservation and of UKOTCF: the Sir Richard & Lady Ground Lecture on Nature Conservation in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. Click here for more information on the background to the lecture series, and here for the main conference page. Booking for participants in the conference is due to open next week (by 18th December).