01 Dec 10 - Protected Areas, Localism and the Big Society

9.15      

Registration

 

 

9.45     

Welcome and Introductions

Guy Garrod

 

 

10.00  

The Policy Agenda for Protected Landscapes

Nicola Thompson

 

 

10.30   

Governance models and community engagement in Protected Areas

 -       Northumberland NP Tony Gates

 -       Cairngorms NP Murray Ferguson

 

Coffee break

 

 -        Montage de Reims Regional Park Dominique Leveque

 -        N. Pennines AONB Peter Samsom

 

12.30   

Discussion with speakers

 

 

13.00  

Lunch

 

 

14.00  

Perspectives from those living/working in the Protected Areas

 -           A business Jim Walker,  Lake District Estates Ltd

 -           A community Jock Cairns, Dent Parish Council, Yorkshire Dale

 -           A land manager George Winn-Darley, Spaunton Estate, NYMoors

 

 

15.00  

Panel Debate – A third (socio economic) purpose for the English National Parks?

 

Frances Rowe (Chair)

Prof Mark Shucksmith

Terry Carroll

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