Jersey Biodiversity Partnership Seminar

​Experts on local animal and plant species will be among the speakers at an annual seminar on biodiversity in Jersey.

 

The eighth annual meeting of the Jersey Biodiversity Partnership (JBP) takes place next Saturday (30 November) at the Durrell Conservation Academy, Trinity. It is open to everyone with an interest in Jersey’s natural heritage and is free to attend.

 

Research on local species is the main theme. Topics include the trial release of the Red-billed chough, feral ferrets, Jersey fungi, monitoring Jersey’s moths and butterflies, and the protection of wildlife.

 

Among the speakers are representatives from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands, the Société Jersiaise, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the States of Jersey Environment Department.

 

The meeting will also look at recent work carried out by the JBP and discuss what is planned for 2014 and beyond to continue to protect local wildlife.

 

The meeting is being held on Saturday 30 November 2013 between 9 am and 1 pm at the Durrell International Training Centre, Trinity. To attend or find out more, please contact Nina Cornish on 441600 or email n.cornish@gov.je

 

Jersey signed the International Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit. To comply with Article 8 of the Convention, Jersey produced local biodiversity action plans to achieve recovery of our most threatened species and habitats.

 

The Jersey Biodiversity Partnership was set up in 2006. It’s an informal partnership of more than 50 organisations, environmental groups and individuals committed to preserving and enhancing the island’s biodiversity and to putting in place the Island’s biodiversity action plans. Members take a practical interest in Jersey’s natural environment via research projects, surveys, conservation management activities or environmental campaigns. The JBP actively encourages more groups or volunteers to join.