Department of Geography, University of Leicester, 14th October 2011
Overview
The aim of this workshop was to present and discuss research in and around the Wicken Fen Nature Reserve of the National Trust. Some focus was on the work of the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Wallingford, and the University of Leicester (UoL) in Wicken Fen, featuring in particular the work of two PhD students from CEH and UoL on Carbon and Water fluxes. We wanted to consider drivers for fenland management and research, discuss existing knowledge, ongoing and future research in Wicken Fen and explore possible future collaborations in the area of Fenland research and management, also considering the wider landscape of East Anglia.
Agenda and presentations
| 10.00 | Welcome and introduction | Jörg Kaduk, UoL |
| 10.15 | Overview of lowland peat projects and recent evidence in England | Ian Crosher, Natural England |
| 11.00 | Fenland management for biodiversity and climate regulation: Conservation, advocacy and policy. | Rob Field, Senior Conservation Scientist, RSPB |
| 11.30 | Progress of the Great Fen Project | Paul Tinsley-Marshall, Great Fen Monitoring Officer |
| 12.00 | THE WICKEN ARCHIVE- an underexploited resource | Peter Bircham, Cambridge, Chair of the R&R group Wicken Fen |
| 12.30 | Carbon and water fluxes from wetlands | Richard Harding, CEH |
| 13.45 | Surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange at semi-natural and restored fens | Ross Morrison, UoL |
| Evaporative loss from Sedge Fen: Implications for water management | Jon Kelvin, Mike Acreman CEH | |
| 15.15 | More current and future research in & around Wicken Fen | |
| Monitoring and evaluating the Wicken Fen Vision | Francine Hughes and Pete Stroh, Anglia Ruskin University | |
| A new project to measure greenhouse gas fluxes in Wicken Fen |
Jörg Kaduk, Mike Acreman |
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| Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing economic and environmental sustainability in the horticultural sector | Helen Taft, Bangor University | |
| Sedimentary environments of the Fenland | Jan Zalasiewicz, UoL | |
Contact
Dr Jörg Kaduk, jk61@le.ac.uk
Dr Sue Page, sep5@le.ac.uk
Attendees
| Title | Name | Affiliation | ||
| Dr | Francine | Hughes | Anglia Ruskin University | Francine.Hughes@anglia.ac.uk |
| Peter | Stroh | Anglia Ruskin University | Peter.stroh@anglia.ac.uk | |
| Paul | Tinsley-Marshall | Great Fen Project, Wildlife Trust | Paul.Tinsley-Marshall@wildlifebcnp.org | |
| Jonathan | Smith | Great Fen Project, Wildlife Trust | Jon.Smith@wildlifebcnp.org | |
| Ian | Crosher | Natural England | ian.crosher@naturalengland.org.uk | |
| Helen | Taft | Bangor University | afpc5c@bangor.ac.uk | |
| Dr | Richard | Harding | CEH Wallingford | rjh@ceh.ac.uk |
| Dr | Mike | Acreman | CEH Wallingford | man@ceh.ac.uk |
| Dr | Rob | Field | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | rob.field@rspb.org.uk |
| Dr | Heiko | Balzter | University of Leicester | hb91@le.ac.uk |
| Dr | Sue | Page | University of Leicester | sep5@le.ac.uk |
| Ross | Morrison | University of Leicester | rdm11@le.ac.uk | |
| Dr | Jan | Zalasiewicz | University of Leicester | jaz1@le.ac.uk |
| Dr | Jörg | Kaduk | University of Leicester | jk61@le.ac.uk |
| Gong | Pan | University of Leicester | gp160@le.ac.uk | |
| Dr | Peter | Bircham | University of Cambridge | pmb22@cam.ac.uk |
| Dr | Kelvin | Peh | University of Cambridge | kp375@cam.ac.uk |
| Kieran | Stanley | Queen Mary University | k.m.stanley@qmul.ac.uk | |