In association with the BES Aquatic Ecology Group, a national meeting on the conservation and management of drawdown zones is being held on Wednesday 16th June.

Drawdown zones are found in ponds, lakes and reservoirs with fluctuating water levels. They support distinctive inundation plant communities, provide homes for rare invertebrates and valuable habitat for wading birds. They arealso a characteristic feature of important sites such as turloughs, the Breckland Meres and winterbourne streams. It is anticipated that the hydrological changes caused by climate change will present both threats and opportunities to their conservation and management in coming years.

This national meeting seeks to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the ecology of this poorly understood habitat type, providing the first opportunity in the UK to bring together the disparate knowledge from ecologists and conservation managers working on a variety of taxa, and at a range of sites.

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For more information or to book your place either download the flyer attached below or go to the web site www.drawdownzone.eu

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