On reliable information it looks as though NRW?WAG are in the process of drafting legislation to make all rivers in wales 100 Catch and release in 2017/

NEWS FROM THE LOWER RIVER SUGGESTS THAT IF YOU ASK WUF TO DO ANY IN RIVER WORK FOR YOU YOU HAD BETTER GET A CAST IRON QUOTE FIRST OTHERWISE YOU COULD END UP WITH AN EYE WATERING BILL AS SOMEONE APPARENTLY HAS.


\Plenty or run off today following torrential run from early morning -most if it not due to poor agricultural practices.  If it rains hard enough it runs off eventually.
|Looks like being a big spate.

Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Keynote Seminar

Next steps for natural environment policy in England

with

Shirley Trundle, Director, Countryside and Nature, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Professor Paul Leinster, Professor of Environmental Assessment, Cranfield University and Member, Natural Capital Committee

and

Liz Newton, Director, Strategy Development, Natural England

and contributions from:

Patrick Begg, National Trust; Dr Richard Benwell, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT); Dr Hugh Ellis, Town and Country Planning Association;

Sasha Leigh, Natural Environment Research Council; Louise Martland, The Environment Bank; Dr Diane Mitchell, National Farmers’ Union;

Ben Williams, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and a speaker confirmed from the Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor)

Chaired by:

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Shadow Spokesperson, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Morning, Thursday, 27^th April 2017

Central London

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For the attention of Mr Franks

I am writing to ensure you don’t miss the opportunity to attend the above seminar. This email is being sent to a general email address because I wanted to pass along information that I thought may be of interest but was unable to secure specific contact details. Please forward this to the appropriate person, and we would be grateful to receive precise contact details if this is possible.

Please note there is a charge for most delegates, although concessionary and complimentary places are available (subject to terms and conditions - see below).

This seminar will provide an opportunity to assess the next steps for biodiversity, wildlife conservation and natural capital, including priorities for natural environment policy following Brexit.

Delegates will evaluate the Government’s progress towards delivering a 25-year Environment Plan and the central role of the Natural Capital Committee in advising and helping to deliver this. Further discussion will cover opportunities and case studies in sustainable land and wildlife management, promoting and managing ecosystem services and creating value from the natural environment through investment and natural capital accounting.

Sessions are also expected to assess the impact of the EU referendum on the future of environmental regulation and investment in environmental conservation schemes, as well as the funding available to charities and research in the sector.  

Areas for discussion include:

• Priorities for the development of 25-year Environment Plan, and implementing the Natural Capital Committee’s recommendations;
• Next steps for environmental conservation: funding, cooperation, and utilising evidence and data;
• Stakeholder engagement and sustainability principles in the planning system;
• Examining priorities for developing Natural Capital: ecosystem services, land management and wider public benefits; and
• Government priorities for the future of natural environment policy.

The draft agenda is copied below my signature, and a regularly updated version is available to download here. The seminar is organised on the basis of strict impartiality by the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum. Follow us @WEETFEvents for live updates.

Speakers

We are delighted to be able to include in this seminar keynote addresses from: Shirley Trundle, Director, Countryside and Nature, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Professor Paul Leinster, Professor of Environmental Assessment, Cranfield University and Member, Natural Capital Committee and Liz Newton, Director, Strategy Development, Natural England.

Further confirmed speakers include: Patrick Begg, Rural Enterprises Director, National Trust; Dr Richard Benwell, Head of Government Affairs, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT); Dr Hugh Ellis, Head of Policy, Town and Country Planning Association; Sasha Leigh, Head of Policy Impact, Natural Environment Research Council; Louise Martland, Programme Manager - National Delivery, The Environment Bank; Dr Diane Mitchell, Chief Environment Adviser, National Farmers’ Union; Ben Williams, Programme Lead, NHS Forest and Green Spaces, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and a speaker confirmed from the Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor).

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Shadow Spokesperson, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has kindly agreed to chair part of this seminar.

Additional senior participants are being approached.

Networking

This seminar will present an opportunity to engage with key policymakers and other interested parties, and is CPD certified (more details).

Places have been reserved by officials from the CCC; Defra; Government Legal Department and the NAO. Also due to attend are representatives from Anglian Water; Brunel University London; BSG Ecology; Central Bedfordshire Council; Devon Wildlife Trust; Eastleigh Borough Council; Kent County Council; King’s College London; LSE; Natural England; Open Spaces Society; Parkwood Consultancy Services; Penny Anderson Associates; Quod; RICS; Surrey Nature Partnership; Tarmac; The Open University; University of Reading; University of Surrey and VolkerWessels UK.

Press passes have been reserved by representatives from Haymarket Business Media; Research Fortnight and The Water Report.

Overall we expect speakers and attendees to be a senior and informed group numbering more than 100, including Members of both Houses of Parliament, senior government officials from Defra, HM Treasury, and other relevant departments, environment and wildlife sector professionals, representatives of environmental protection organisations, academics, local government, charities and local groups, together with reporters from the national and trade press.

Output and About Us

A key output of the seminar will be a transcript of the proceedings, sent out around 10 working days after the event to all attendees and a wider group of Ministers and officials at Defra, HM Treasury and other government departments and agencies; and Parliamentarians with a special interest in these areas. It will also be made available more widely. This document will include transcripts of all speeches and questions and answers sessions from the day, along with access to PowerPoint presentations, speakers’ biographies, an attendee list, an agenda, sponsor information, as well as any subsequent press coverage of the day and any articles or comment pieces submitted by delegates. It is made available subject to strict restrictions on public use, similar to those for Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence, and is intended to provide timely information for interested parties who are unable to attend on the day.

All delegates will receive complimentary PDF copies and are invited to contribute to the content.

The Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is strictly impartial and cross-party, and draws on the considerable support it receives from within Parliament and Government, and amongst the wider stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently the platform for major policy statements from senior Ministers, regulators and other officials, opposition speakers and senior opinion-formers in industry and interest groups. Events regularly receive prominent coverage in the national and trade press.

Booking arrangements

To book places, please use our online booking form.

Once submitted, this will be taken as a confirmed booking and will be subject to our terms and conditions below.

Please pay in advance by credit card on 01344 864796. If advance credit card payment is not possible, please let me know and we may be able to make other arrangements.

Options and charges are as follows:

• Places at Next steps for natural environment policy in England (including refreshments and PDF copy of the transcripts) are £210 plus VAT;
• Concessionary rate places for small charities, unfunded individuals and those in similar circumstances are £80 plus VAT. Please be sure to apply for this at the time of booking.

For those who cannot attend:

• Copies of the briefing document, including full transcripts of all speeches and the questions and comments sessions and further articles from interested parties, will be available approximately 10 days after the event for £95 plus VAT;
• Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT.

If you find the charge for places a barrier to attending, please let me know as concessionary and complimentary places are made available in certain circumstances (but do be advised that this typically applies to individual service users or carers or the like who are not supported by or part of an organisation, full-time students, people between jobs or who are fully retired with no paid work, and representatives of small charities - not businesses, individuals funded by an organisation, or larger charities/not-for-profit companies). Please note terms and conditions below (including cancellation charges).

I do hope that you will be able to join us for what promises to be a most useful morning, and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely 

Michael

Michael Ryan

Deputy Editor, Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum

T: 01344 864796

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