Seminar Announcement
The Association of Rivers Trusts Spring 2010 Seminar
Hosted by the Ballinderry River Enhancement Association
Turning Policy into Practice:
The role of 'wet feet' organisations
Wednesday 19
th and Thursday 20th May 2010A one day seminar and half day field trip (Ballinderry River system)
The Glenavon House Hotel
Cookstown, Co. Tyrone
Northern Ireland
2010 marks a significant milestone in the management of our freshwater ecosystems.
After nearly a decade of planning, River Basin Management Plans, developed under the
Water Framework Directive, will be put into action for the first time, with the aim of
achieving good ecological status by 2015.
2010 is also the International Year of Biodiversity, challenging us all to reflect on our
achievements in protecting biodiversity so far and to focus on what needs to be done in the
future.
The seminar will focus on what Rivers Trusts and like-minded organisations are doing to
help deliver EU and local objectives for freshwater, its species and habitats; with a special
emphasis on the importance of partnership working.
Speakers from across the UK and Ireland will demonstrate the wide and varied work of
Rivers Trusts, with a special keynote address from the Northern Ireland Minister for the
Environment Mr Edwin Poots MLA.
Registration documents will be available at the beginning of February, however you
can
register your interest in attending the seminar and field trip by responding to or by calling Mark Horton on 00 44 (0)28 867 61515
