The next Waikato Biodiversity Forum is to be held on Monday 29 June 2009 from 9am-3.20pm in the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Q block, Wintec, Avalon Drive, Hamilton
Directions:-Travel along Avalon Drive to the Wintec Avalon Campus entrance gate, after entering the gate veer right towards the large carpark and park anywhere in this area. Walk towards the building with a light aqua trim above large cream bricks. You can either cross the sports filed or walk towards the Trades building and follow the path left towards the Centre of Sport and Exercise Science. Enter the Centre through the main reception area.
Key outcome: Discuss the Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park project and develop solutions for maintaining the momentum of the project.
This Forum is an opportunity for you to:-
- have fun and share ideas with others who undertake conservation related work
- establish on-going partnerships/contacts for biodiversity restoration
- visit the Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park and examine management issues of the site
- contribute to developing solutions for advancing the project
- publicise the project to the wider community
- highlight the projects of community groups in the area
- provide collective Forum expertise for the project
- take away ideas for your own restoration projects.
Presentations
- The Vision and context of the WNHP project locally and nationally
- Ecological restoration - succession planting
- Lake management
- Infrastructure development
- Workshops/discussion
Workshops
- Setting up a community nursery
- Funding options-achieving the business plan
- Education and publicity
- Developing and maintaining community support
Contact Moira Cursey for more detail and registration phone 07 8465066, mobile 027223791 or email m.cursey@xtra.co.nz
