Please use the button on this page to register to attend the BSBI Atlas 2020 England Launch on Zoom on March 18.

Join a selected group of policy-makers, journalists, BSBI members and supporters, and other key Atlas users and contributors for the launch of 'the most in-depth overview of the British and Irish flora ever undertaken'. Read more about the Atlas project here.

Joining

Information on how to join the launch, including the Zoom link, will be sent ahead of time to all who have registered.

Programme

Guests will hear from the authors of Plant Atlas 2020 and key figures in England and have a first opportunity to view the book itself, the online resource, and to ask questions.

Media session – Chair Jonathan Shanklin (Chair, BSBI Committee for England)

13:00 – Welcome to BAS and safety briefing (fire alarms etc)
13:05 – Kevin Walker (recording from March 8) (BSBI Head of Science)
13:20 – Media interactions
13:35 – Break

First session – Chair Astrid Biddle (BSBI recorder for Hertfordshire)

13:55 – Welcome from the President
14:00 – Looking back at previous Atlases (Chris Preston)
14:25 – Making the Plant Atlas (Pete Stroh, BSBI)
14:50 – Demo of the online atlas (Rich Burkmar, UKCEH-BRC)

Second session – Chair TBC

15:40 – Outline science results (Oli Pescott, UKCEH-BRC)
16:05 – A local perspective (Jonathan Shanklin, BSBI recorder for Cambridgeshire)
16:30 – How the data will be used (Mags Cousins, Natural England – via Zoom)
16:55 – Valedictory (David Roy, UKCEH-BRC)
17:10 – Close

For further information contact the England Launch Organiser, Jonathan Shanklin: fieldmeetings@bsbi.org

The talks may be recorded for viewing on our YouTube channel.

Registration

The event is free to attend. When registering, you will be given the option to make a donation; any donations will go towards the onward work of the BSBI, promoting the study, understanding, conservation and enjoyment of British and Irish wild plants.

Purchasing Plant Atlas 2020

To purchase a copy of Plant Atlas 2020 that will be dispatched on release, please visit the Princeton University Press website.
Members of BSBI are eligible for a 50% discount on the price of the book, with details of how to claim this discount available on the Members’ Area of our website. If you are not currently a member of BSBI, we invite you to join us.

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