Major events and awards
Forthcoming events
E-mail CEH enquiries for further information on all forthcoming events or follow links in individual items.
- 2010: The new UK Land Cover Map will be released as part of the Countryside Survey programme carried out by CEH. More details.
- 16-17 Nov 2010: Beyond 2010 - Strategies for understanding and responding to long-term trends in UK biodiversity. A scientific conference organised by the Environment Change Network, the Natural History Museum and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. More information is available on the ECN website.
- 16 Sep 2010: CEH Open Day. More than 100 stakeholders from government, industry, universities and NGOs are to visit CEH's Wallingford headquarters for a special event showcasing CEH's science capabilities and the value of UK environmental research. More details.
- 7-9 Sep 2010: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Leeds. A number of CEH scientists will be present at this year's meeting. More details.
- 6-14 Sep 2010: The 5th ALTER-Net Summer School takes place in Peyresq, France. CEH is a convening organisation of the school, aimed at students and budding young scientists. This year's theme is "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services".
- 5-11 Sep 2010: World Water Week, Stockholm. CEH is a convening organisation of a session at this year's event. More details.
- 29 Aug-3 Sep 2010: International Aerosol Conference, Helsinki. Dr Eiko Nemitz of CEH is an organiser of a special session, "Turbulent aerosol exchange fluxes between the atmosphere and surface". More details.
Recent events
- 23-28 Aug 2010: CEH ecologist Dr Stephen Cavers attended the 23rd IUFRO World Congress for forest research scientists, which was held this year in Seoul. Dr Cavers is one of the authors of a new book launched at the congress, Forests and Society - Responding to Global Drivers of Change. The theme of this year's congress was 'Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment'. More details on the conference can be found here and information on the book here.
- 19-22 July: CEH had a stand at the annual Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, which took place this year from 19-22 July.
- 6 July: CEH hosted the Ladybird Survey annual group meeting at its headquarters in Wallingford. Visitors came from Italy, Belgium and Denmark.
- 29 Jun-1 Jul: CEH had a stand at the joint Defra & Environment Agency Flood and Coastal Risk Management conference in Telford.
- 5 June: Dr Helen Roy spoke about Alien Spotting at the BBC Wild Day Out event at Alexandra Palace in London, part of this year's BBC Springwatch. The event took place on Saturday 5 June at Alexandra Palace Park, Haringey.
