Aims of the trust

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Aims of the trust

• To acquire the ownership, or legally-guaranteed
  control in perpetuity, of land to be designated
  Ecological Continuity Reserves, on which
  long-term ecological experiments will be
  conducted.
• To provide the infrastructure for establishment
  and permanent maintenance of experiments on Trust
  land.
• To ensure that experiments are continued
  indefinitely and that no developments
  predjudicial to this aim take place.
• To facilitate scientific research and ecological
  monitoring within the Trusts reserves.
• To raise funds for and manage an endowment in
  order to achieve the Trusts aims.

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Experiments should

• Include environmental/climatic treatments
• Have good baseline ecological data
• Have continuity of consistent management from
  their inception
• Be statistically and geographically replicated
  within the UK.

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Five-phase plan

• Refine the scientific objectives of the ECT
• Decide issues of land tenure and management
• Define criteria for site selection and draw up a
  short list of experimental sites
• Write a draft business plan
• Complete the business plan and establish the ECT
  as a charity.

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Aims of the meeting

• Bring together interested parties so that
  prospective members of the panel may exchange
  ideas about the ECT proposal.
• Identify potential panel members from among
  attendees and agree on others who ought to be
  invited to participate.
• Consider which environmental variables ought to
  be manipulated in the first experiments. Obj.1 of
  Phase 1
• Discuss fundraising and related strategic issues.

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Todays programme

• 11.15 Round-table Personal perspectives on
  long-term experiments
• 11.30 An overview of existing long-term
  experiments. Vicky Morgan
• 12.00 Round-table discussion of merits demerits
  of existing experiments. (Chair Mike Morecroft)
• 13.00 Lunch
• 13.30 Fundraising the essentials. Sarah Jarman
  (OU Dev Office)
• 14.00 Which environmental variables ought to be
  manipulated in the first experiments? A
  discussion in 2 groups
• 14.30 Round-table discussion Experimental
  variables scientific logistical issues (Chair
  Jerry Tallowin)
• 15.30 Tea
• 15.40 Round-table discussion Panel membership
  and next steps.
• 16.00 Meeting ends

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