Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership

The Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership held their 2009 Annual Gathering on 9th September at the Teesmouth Field Centre, followed by a tour of Saltholme RSPB Reserve by Assistant Reserves Manager Toby Collett.

The meeting was kindly sponsored by the Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit.

Below is the programme of the day and copies of PowerPoint presentations of some the speakers.

Programme

I love NI197

Jeremy Garside – Tees Valley Wildlife Trust

Securing a future for the lost meadows of eastern Cleveland
Helen Herring -  Wildflower Ark

From EYE to ERIC – Working towards a regional biological records centre
Naomi Hewitt  – EYE Project

Biodiversity – from regional policy to local delivery
Malcolm Steele – Joint Strategy Unit

Newts and recycling – An example of a risk management project in Redcar and Cleveland
Jo Fearey – Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Urban cowslips – a successful example of urban meadow creation  in Albert Park, Middlesbrough
Francine Marshall – Middlesbrough Council

Tees Valley Pondscape – following a summer of pond survey, pond creation and management sites are planned for this winter
Rachel Jackson – Tees Valley Wildlife Trust

The Annual report (2008-9) of the Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership provides a handy summary of the work of the partnership over the past year. As well as an introduction to the Tees Valley Biodiversity Action Plan and the role of the partnership it covers progress on updating the local habitat and species action plans, the “biodiversity” duty for public and local authorities and Local Sites review.

The publication can be downloaded here or paper copies can be requested by contacted the Tees Valley Biodiversity Coordinator

TVBP annual report 2008-9

Click here to read notes for the Rural Action Group’s meeting in March 2008