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This meeting, organised by the Geological Society's Geoconservation Committee, links with the Geological Society’s Year of Life and aspects of geoconservation. It will consider the conservation of the palaeontological record (in situ and ex situ), its importance in understanding and managing the natural world, and future environmental change.

Themes

The meeting will explore three linked themes:

• How we conserve and manage the palaeontological/palaeoenvironmental record, what approaches we take and why it’s important
• The value of this past record in understanding the natural world today
• How our conservation of this record is important to understanding future environmental change and resource management

Registration

This event will take place virtually, and you can register to attend now via Google Forms.

Topics and speakers

• The Jurassic Coast Collection – Chris Reedman and Sam Scriven, Jurassic Coast Trust
• National Nature Reserves: telling our geological story – Jonathan Larwood, Natural England
• Brymbo Fossil Forest – Tim Astrop, Brymbo Heritage Trust
• Palaeontological conservation, N. Ireland – Michael Dempster N. Ireland Environment Agency
• Skye Nature Conservation Order (NCO) – Colin Macfadyen, Scottish Natural Heritage
• Rocking the boat: Museum collections, public engagement and social change – Liz Hide, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
• Local planning, development and engineering – Graham Worton, Dudley MBC
• Linking Local Geological Sites to explain palaeoclimatic change – Berkshire Geoconservation Group and Oxfordshire Geology Trust

Programme

10.00am to 11.15am: Introduction, welcome and session 1

11.15am to 11.30am: Break

11.30am to 12.30pm: Session 2

12.30pm to 1.30pm: Lunch break

1.30pm to 2.30pm: Session 3

2.30pm to 2.45pm: Break

2.45pm to 3.30pm: Session 4 – virtual field trip and summary

Download our abstracts booklet for more information on individual sessions.

Venue

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19 this event will be taking place virtually, since we are unable to meet at Dudley Museum and Archives.

Contact

Please email [email protected] with any enquiries.