Summit to Sea: The Values of Scotland’s Mountains and Water in the 21st Century

NOW MOVED TO BATTLEBY, 20-21 JANUARY 2003

 

Conference and workshop to promote awareness of the issues and players associated with Scotland’s mountains and water, and to sketch out a framework for future action.

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Battleby, 20-21 January 2003

Organised by the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College UHIMI in association with SEPA and SNH as a contribution to International Year of Mountains 2002 and International Year of Freshwater 2003

 

Provisional Programme:

Monday 20 January: Scotland's Mountain Areas and Freshwaters: The Current Situation, Trends and Pressures, and Future Directions

Session One: The Current Situation

10.00 Introduction
10.10 Scotland's Water Resource and Water Supply

Session Two: Context: Trends and Pressures

10.40 Upland Land Use
11.00 Aquaculture
11.20 Discussion
11.30 Break
11.50 Fisheries
12.10 Water Supply
12.30 Water as a Raw Material
12.50 Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Energy
14.20 Recreation and Access
14.40 Discussion

Session Three: Future Directions/Ways Forward

14.50 Flooding, management of extremes, and climate change
15.10 Break
15.30 Erosion/Sedimentation
15.50 River engineering
16.10 Integrating at the River Basin scale: The Water Framework Directive
16.30 Discussion

19.30 Whisky Reception hosted by Diageo followed by Buffet Dinner, Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Perth

Tuesday 21 January: The Future Management of Scotland's Upland Water

Building on the issues highlighted in the first day of the conference, the workshops will focus on how to manage upland water resources effectively in Scotland. Each participant will be able to participate in workshops on two themes.

Workshop themes:
· Upland land management and water resources
· The future uses of Scotland's upland water
· New policies to improve water management: the Water Framework Directive
· Public participation in objective setting

09.00 Plenary: Summary of Day 1, introduction to the day

09.30 Workshops
10.30 Break
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Workshops
15.00 Break
15.30 Workshop reports and wrap up

For further information contact Andy Macpherson, Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, Perth PH1 2NX. Tel 01738 877 885; Fax 01738 877 001; Email andrew.macpherson@perth.uhi.ac.uk www.iym.org.uk