Join our South East England Regional Group for this one-day session focussing on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and its opportunities and considerations for trees and woodlands.

Hosted by the Sylva Foundation at their Sylva Wood Centre in South Oxfordshire, this event will include a number of indoor presentations and a site visit to a nearby wood to undertake a demonstration of the new conditions assessment app to support woodland management and BNG base lining.

Programme

Time	Content	Chair/Speaker
09:30 – 10:00	Arrival and refreshments
10:00 – 10:05	Welcome and housekeeping	Sonia Lorenzo Martín FICFor & Dr Gabriel Hemery FICFor CEnv
10:05 – 10:25	BNG – An introduction: Overview of BNG, Latest policy and signposting
10:25 – 11:00	Trees and woodlands: How it could work – How can trees and woodlands fit into BNG – What are the opportunities?
11:00 – 11:15	Break
11:15 – 11:45	View from the development side: How they see it working and what they need
11:45 – 12:05	Monitoring and delivering: what needs to be in place for the long term
12:05 – 12:25	NGOs: Considering your options – Is BNG right for your site? Other options?	Ed Seymour
12:25 – 12:45	Panel discussion
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch
13:45 – 14:00	Condition assessments and baseline surveys: introduction to the new app	Dr Gabriel Hemery FICFor CEnv
14:00 – 15:20	Site visit: Woodland Condition Assessment survey with the new app	Dr Gabriel Hemery FICFor CEnv & Sylva Foundation team
15:20 – 15:30	Return and sum-up
15:30	Close

Chair

Sonia Lorenzo Martín FICFor – Operations Support Manager – Forestry Standards, Woodland Trust

Speakers

Dr Gabriel Hemery FICFor CEnv – Chief Executive, Sylva Foundation

Ed Seymour – Land & Property – Carbon Surveyor, Woodland Trust