SCOTLAND is proud to host the upcoming UK and Eire lakes Community together with the Seven Lochs Wetland Park mission.
The occasion will happen on the College of Strathclyde in Glasgow on Wednesday, eleventh October 2023.
Supported by the Glasgow Conference Bureau and Nature Scotland and generously sponsored by PET Water Options and Iolight, this occasion emerges as a beacon of urgency, innovation, and collaboration in a time when our lakes, lochs, and wetlands face the urgent impacts of local weather change.
The convention will allow members to discover new routes to realize nature restoration, improved group well being and well-being, and decreasing local weather impacts.
We’re honoured to announce Udo Gattenlöhner, CEO of the International Nature Fund, as a keynote speaker.
Primarily based in Lake Constance, Germany, Gattenlöhner will share insights on the strategic motion for world lake safety, enriching our method to lake administration.
A convention spotlight contains Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership’s presentation on Sustainable City Drainage, detailing how water administration can unlock further advantages like new accessible greenspace and habitat creation.
Furthermore, Nature Scot and the Love Windermere Partnership will focus on funding alternatives for lakes and implementing nature-based options, alongside displays on collaborative and novel lake administration strategies.
Earlier than the convention, on Tuesday tenth October, delegates could have the prospect to find the character customer centre and training hub within the Seven Lochs space.
The Seven Lochs Wetland Park is described as a panorama that’s been formed by water but additionally by individuals.
It’s an bold greenspace / inexperienced community mission focussed on the creation and sustainable administration of the world.
It’s Scotland’s largest city nature park, which spans the Glasgow Metropolis / North Lanarkshire Council boundary between Easterhouse, Coatbridge and Stepps.
The occasion additionally presents a networking alternative for these interested by lake and wetland administration, fostering an setting for professionals, college students and lovers to change information and collaborate.
Scott Ferguson, Venture Co-ordinator for The Seven Lochs Wetland Park stated: “Having witnessed the transformative energy of this convention, I recognise its unmatched worth.
As this 12 months’s host, we’re wanting to share our dedication to conserving these very important ecosystems and collaborate with a various group of passionate people.”
Previous to the convention, on Tuesday tenth October, delegates could have the chance to attend the next website visits:
Golf-It at Hogganfield: A £12M initiative highlighting golf and nature training’s harmonious relationship.
Blairtummock Built-in Inexperienced Infrastructure: Observe the conversion of former amenity land into accessible eco-friendly areas.
Greening Strathclyde Nation Park: Discover the longer term imaginative and prescient for one in all Scotland’s premier sights.
For full particulars go to https://www.ukandirelandlakes.org/conferences/
