Course convenor(s):
Warren Cresswell(BSc, PhD, CEnv, MIEEM, MIoD)
Philip Davidson (BSc, MIEEM)

Date: 11/05/2009

Course length: 1 day

Venue:
Cresswell Associates, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud,
GL5 2QG

Course fee: £150
5% or 10% discount available if 2+ / 4+ courses are booked respectively

Outline:
This course provides information on the types of impacts developments can have on amphibian (particularly great crested newt) populations and how these impacts can be avoided, reduced or off-set.  A field trip will demonstrate examples of great crested newt mitigation.  Development licences will be discussed. 

 

 

Further information:
Cresswell Associates
The Mill, Brimscombe Port
Stroud, GL5 2QG

T: +44 (0) 1453 731 231
F: +44 (0) 1453 888 797

 

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Target audience:
This course is aimed at those with a background knowledge of great crested newt ecology and survey techniques (particularly participants of the Cresswell Associates course Great Crested Newts (I): Background Biology, Survey Techniques and Legislation), who wish to learn more about impact assessment and mitigation.

Aims:

To assess:

• impacts of development projects on great crested newts, including: loss of aquatic (breeding) habitat; loss of terrestrial habitat; fragmentation; habitat degradation; indirect effects (hydrological changes and pollution)

To provide:

• information on licensing requirements

To demonstrate:

• good practice in mitigating impacts resulting from developments that affect great crested newts and their habitats, including: project design; habitat creation, restoration and enhancement; pollution control; avoidance of disturbance, killing and injury; tunnels and fencing; translocation; timing of operations; monitoring

Objectives:

At the end of the course you should be able to: 

• understand the process for obtaining development licences from relevant organisations
• carry out appropriate impact assessments for development projects on great crested newt habitat and populations
• design appropriate measures to avoid, reduce or off-set the impacts of development projects on great crested newt habitat and populations

Course content:
Lectures

• Assessing the impacts of development projects on great crested newts
  
• Mitigating impacts of development projects on great crested newts

Fieldwork

• Visit to a nearby site to see examples of mitigation in practice

Additional information/requirements:

An additional course on great crested newts is also available:

Great Crested Newts (I): Background Biology, Survey Techniques and Legislation