Events

External Events

Wild Law Conference
UKELA's Wild Law Special Interest Group
21 September 2018
Bristol
This conference is open to members and non-members and will be of interest to anyone with an interest in earth jurisprudence, rights of nature and the legal strategies available for implementation of wild law principles.The themes will be: Legal strategies for implementing wild law, Rights for nature case studies and Avenues for ecological governance.

Butterfly Conservation's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Butterfly Conservation
21 September 2018
London
Tickets for the exclusive 50th anniversary dinner and auction are available for £100 per person. This includes a drinks reception, delicious three course dinner, the chance to explore Eltham Palace, and a live auction featuring a small number of special lots.

People's Walk for Wildlife
Chris Packham
22 September 2018
London
Your wildlife needs you! Join Chris and everybody who cares about wildlife in Central London. Gather at 10am in Hyde Park to chat to many wildlife charities about how you can help and then march through the city to birdsong.

Apple Day
Brighton Permaculture Trust
23 September 2018
Stamner Park, Sussex
Apple Day Brighton is a free, family event in and around the orchards of Stanmer Park, featuring orchard-themed educational, fun activities for everyone. It includes orchard tours, food & drink, storytelling, children’s activities, music, apple identification, fruit tree growing advice, fruit from our orchards and stalls selling local produce.

IUCN UK Peatland Programme 2018 Conference
IUCN UK
2 October 2018
Balloch
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme will be holding their 2018 conference.

5th World Conference on Climate Change
Conference Series llc Ltd
2-4 October 2018
London
Climate Change 2018 is planned with the theme “Climate Change and Sustainable Futures”. This is one of your best chances to reach the largest assemblage of participants from the field of Climatology and Environmental Science people group. It gives a head specialized gathering to revealing and finding out about the most recent research and advancements, and additionally to launch new applications, advances and the viability of different administrative projects towards Climate Change and Global Warming.

ELUK Conference: Members Only
Environment Links UK
3 October 2018
London
The biennial Environment Links UK (ELUK) conference is a key opportunity for members of the four Links to come together to share information and experience across a range of environmental and animal protection issues and plan for any collaborative work. This year's theme will be: How is the UK delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Raising the Standards of Animal Welfare: Ensuring Ethical Treatment at the Time of Slaughter
Public Policy Exchange
10:15-16:30, 11 October 2018
London
Every year, approximately 2.6 million cattle, 10 million pigs, 14.5 million sheep and lambs, 80 million fish and 950 million birds are slaughtered in the UK for human consumption. With such enormous levels of production, there is concern over animal welfare standards particularly at the time of slaughter. Delegates will scrutinise the draft Animal Welfare Bill and consider areas for improvement and evaluate methods of providing ethical slaughter alongside mass production.

Remembering Great Apes Book Launch
18 October
Royal Geographical Society, London
As part of the launch of the much-anticipated Remembering Great Apes charity picture book (the third in the Remembering Wildlife series) and in association with the Born Free Foundation, Remembering Great Apes are holding a special evening about great ape conservation and photography.

Great Britain's Clean Growth Story
18 October
BT Centre Auditorium
Under the Clean Growth Strategy, the government committed to establishing an annual Green GB Week to highlight the opportunities of this clean growth and the role of business and the public in tackling climate change. But while it’s important to celebrate success, the UK still has a long way to go to meet its carbon budgets, grow its low carbon economy and support the competitiveness of its businesses during this transition. This is made even more of an imperative given the UK’s long-term climate targets will have to increase to contribute to meeting the 1.5 degrees target set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change.

2018 Badger Trust Symposium
10 November
Ashorne Hill Conference Centre, Leamington Spa
Join the Badger Trust at their one-day Symposium. They have transformed our annual event to be an affordable, jam-packed day of science, key issues, and debate. Our one-day event will feature a packed schedule on issues such as Bovine TB, wildlife crime, and HS2.

PTES Dormouse Mitigation Conference
People's Trust for Endangered Species.
16 November 2018
Natural History Museum, London
The Dormouse Mitigation Conference is a must for anyone involved in dormouse surveying, licencing and mitigation. You will get updates on survey techniques, how to plan mitigation strategies and updates to licensing legislation.

Scottish Bat Workers Conference 2018
Bat Conservation Trust
17 November 2018
Battleby Conference Centre, Redgorton, Perth
This is a one day conference open to anyone with an interest in bats. . Attending the conference is a great way to update your bat knowledge, practical skills and to network, through the varied programme of talks and workshops.

Linking behaviour to populations and communities: how can behavioural ecology inform conservation?
Zoological Society of London
22-23 November 2018
London Zoo
This meeting will critically assess the role of the behavioural ecological community in addressing conservation priorities so far and aims to inspire future conservation-oriented research and action with real impact. Now is a highly promising time for progress in this direction because of the emergence of strong analytical tools and conceptual advances in behavioural ecology in recent years, developments which have yet to find their way fully into the conservation arena.