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Presentation to Select Committee on Climate Change28 April 2006

Presentation to Select

Committee on Climate Change

Richard Moyse

Head of Conservation & Policy

Kent Wildlife Trust

Presentation to Select Committee on Climate Change28 April 2006

Kent Wildlife Trust

Presentation to Select Committee on Climate Change28 April 2006

Changing climate space

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Population shift

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Scots primrose

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Coastal squeeze

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Extreme weather events

• Storms

• Hot summers

• Drought

• Flood

• Fragmentation/isolation of habitats

• Small populations of species

• Human-induced stress

Presentation to Select Committee on Climate Change28 April 2006

Ecological breakdowns

Vernon Hucks

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Need for large area reserves

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Ecological connectivity

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Planning for connectivity

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Kent County Council LA076708 (2005).

5 0 5 10 15 Kilometers

Kent_econet_v7.shp

Central North DownsDover and Folkestone Downs and CliffsEast Kent Woodlands and Downs

Greensand Heaths and CommonsHigh Weald

Low Weald WoodlandsLower Stour WetlandsMedway Gap and North Kent Downs

Medway and Low Weald Wetland and GrasslandMid Kent Downs Woods and Scarp

Mid Kent Greensand and GaultNorth Kent MarshesRomney Marsh and Rye Bay

Thames-side Green CorridorsThanet Cliffs and Shore

The BleanUrban AreasWider Countryside

Kent boundary

Version 6 13-05-05

Proposed ecological network

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Abbotts Hall Farm

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Oostvaardersplassen

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Dutch ecological networks

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South East Biodiversity Strategy

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