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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
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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
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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
This map is based on the Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office
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Kent County Council LA076708 (2005).
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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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