Lepidoptera and Plants – generalists and specialists making it in the plant world
Rose Cremin, Butterfly Conservation’s Conservation Manager in Northern Ireland.

Butterfly Conservation is the UK charity leading on the conservation of butterflies, moths and our environment. The organisation has staff based across the UK’s four countries and works to support European and International Lepidoptera conservation. Butterfly Conservation has had a presence in Northern Ireland for over twenty years. The focus of our work can be distilled down to the conservation of priority species, working across landscapes and connecting people to nature. We achieve this in a number of ways including through research and science, policy, conservation and engagement/raising awareness.

In practice, in conserving and protecting our threatened and wider countryside species, we need to be able to identify the habitat types where they are found and oftentimes, their specific foodplants. Conservation of threatened species requires us to conserve these habitats/plants which should benefit both plant and animal! Butterfly Conservation look forward to explaining more about our important work to BSBI members and sharing some of our common goals.

Timing

The webinar will begin at 7:00pm. You will only be able to view the video and audio of the speaker and panellists but a Q&A feature will be live throughout for questions, which we will try to get through in the course of the evening.

 

 This webinar is made possible thanks to DAERA-funding for our Botanical Skills Project in Northern Ireland.