The Great Climate Change Debate at the BNA’s Centenary Conference

Photo © Liz Artindale 2005

Climate Change is undoubtedly today’s hot topic. However, the hard evidence based on long-term observation of natural seasonal and annual events often seems to get overlooked amongst the hundreds of column inches and broadcasting hours devoted to theories, predictions and one-off examples. This hard look at the long-term evidence was the focus of the BNA’s annual conference held at Cressing Temple, Essex, in May 2005, and specially organised on this occasion to celebrate the BNA’s Centenary.

With the participation of Bill Oddie, David Bellamy, and climate experts from DEFRA, The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the British Trust for Ornithology, and the University of Sussex, the full day event examined trends based on over a hundred years of carefully recorded observations of natural life, and considered the likely future effects on human, animal and plant life. Click here for more information about the conference.

Conference Proceedings:

The expert presentations and debate which took place at the conference have now been published in the Winter 2005/2006 issue of the BNA’s magazine Country-Side.

This issue of the magazine is now available to non-members of the BNA at the special price of £5.50 inc. UK p&p. Click here for an order form to print out and send to us.

Or join the BNA and get this and all future issues of the magazine free as one of the range of benefits of BNA membership, including the opportunity to participate in the BNA’s annual climate change recording survey. Click here for a membership application form.