ccw "green futures" conference
The Future Inn, Cardiff, Wednesday 4th November 2009
Agenda
Opening address from Chairman John Lloyd-Jones - CCW.
60 years: Experiences and Lessons for the future (a pan-Wales perspective) Prof. Ian Mercer.
Protected Areas delivering for the future Clive Bates - Director General for Sustainable Futures at the Welsh Assembly Government.
Outline of ‘Living with our Landscape’ report Roger Thomas - Chief Executive at the Countryside Council for Wales.
Governance and Protected Areas Sue Essex - Board Member Cynnal Cymru.
Workshops
Land Use - How can we achieve sustainable land management which delivers environmental goods, food and raw materials?
Health and Well-Being - How can the environment play an ever increasing role in improving physical and mental health? James Parkin - PCNPA & Anne-Marie Beresford-Webb - CCW.
An Overview of Health Problems in Wales
Climate Change - How can protected areas help tackle and adapt to climate change? Morgan Parry, Chair Cynnal Cymru.
Ecosystems Goods & Services - How should we spread the word about the environment as our life support system? Shaun Russell - Wales Environment Centre.
Closing Remarks
Prof. Ian Mercer
- Strengthening the links CCW/NPAs/AsONB -with the latter as agents CCW would have an unrivalled overview of landscape/land use matters. No protected areas in Valhalla but all-Wales would still need land use labels.
- The Workforce for that land use spectrum has to be conserved itself. And farmers need to feel they own the operations when persuaded to sustain the public assets alongside their central work. and
- The rest of the population, rural and urban, need to understand what is needed to maintain that which gives them pleasure, challenge, clean water, carbon stored and a heritage. Foot and Mouth Disease in 2001 caused folk to understand the connections within the countryside,CCW's Threshold 21(1993) called for compulsory environmental demonstration for all undergraduates. Its our job to keep that understanding growing.
