The fourth Moors for the Future conference was held on 9 -10 November 2006 at Losehill Hall to strengthen existing research links and to identify what has and will in the future shape the Peak District moorlands. The event was a huge success. Please contact us if you would like copies of the talks, workshops and posters if they are not available below. (Please note that the views and findings of attendees are not necessarily views held by the Moors for the Future Partnership). 2006 Conference Programme

Presentations

• Moors for the Future Partnership - Chris Dean, MFF Project Manager
• Moors for the Future conference introduction - Aletta Bonn & Jonathan Walker, MFF Research Managers
• Ecosystems services - Alistair Fitter, University of York
• The importance of natural processes in eroding peatlands - Martin Evans, University of Manchester
• Threats from air pollution and climate change on upland systems - past, present & future - Bridget Emmett, CEH Bangor, Simon Caporn, Manchester Metropolitan University
• A recent history of land management in the uplands - Adrian Yallop, Cranfield University
• Policy change in the uplands - Ian Condliffe, Head of Upland Policy, defra/RDS
• Moors for the Future research - MFF Research Team
• Carbon Flux from uplands - Fred Worrall, Durham University, Martin Evans, University of Manchester
• Managing uplands for game and sporting interest - conflicts and opportunities - Nick Sotherton, Head of Science, Game Conservancy Trust
• Valuing the uplands - Nick Hanley, Sergio Colombo, Stirling University
• Moorland management and discolouration of water supplies: evidence on a catchment scale? - Helen O'Brien, Jill Labadz, Nottingham Trent University
• State of upland freshwater systems - Tim Allott, University of Manchester
• Catchment Management - Who needs it? - Martin McGrath, United Utilities
• Condition of upland SSSIs - current state and future strategies - Alistair Crowle, Natural England
• Threats and conservation of moorland mammals - Derek Yalden, University of Manchester, Helen Perkins, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
• International Importance of UK upland bird - changes with respect to land mangement and climate change - James Pearce-Higgins, Murray Grant, Colin Beale, Graeme Buchanan, Innes Sim, Jared Wilson, RSPB, Macaulay Institute
• People & Moorlands - challenges of a managed cultural landscape - Bill Bevan, PDNPA
• Visitors and environmental awareness - Evan Fraser, Thom Cooper, Natalie Suckall, Leeds University
• The Met Office fire severity index - fire and visitor access - Penny Marno, Karl Kitchen, Met Office
• Moorland wildfire, visitors and climate change - patterns, prevention and policy - Julia McMorrow, Jonathan Aylen, Gina Cavan, Sarah Lindley, Kevin Albertson, University of Manchester, Sustainability NorthWest, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Natural England Strategic direction 2006 - 2009 - Martin Howat, Regional Director, North East Natural England
• Landscape as an integrating framework for rual policy and planning - Carys Swanick , Paul Selman, University of Sheffield
• Moorland management with cattle - predicting the effects on vegetation and economics - Sarah Gardner, Tony Waterhouse, Nigel Critchley, Barbara McLean, ADAS, SAC
• Moorland restoration - potential and progress - Penny Anderson, PAA consultants, Matt Buckler, Jonathan Walker, MFF
• Stakeholder involvement and sustainable development in National Parks - Stephen Cornelly, Tim Richardson, University of Sheffield
• Conservation objectives for the uplands - visions and tools - Mick Rebane, Upland Ecologist, Natural England

Workshops

• Sustainable land use for provision of ecosystems services Chair: Jon Stewart, Peak District and Derbyshire team leader, Natural England
• Park & People Chair: Jane Chapman, Head of Conservation, PDNPA
• Valuing the Uplands Chair: Mike Innerdale, High Peak Estate Manager, National Trust
• Sustainable Uplands: frameworks for adaptive learning - Klaus Hubacek, University of Leeds
• The Sustainability of Hill Farming - Paul Armsworth, University of Sheffield
• Modelling the Impacts of the Water Framework Directive - Ian Bateman, University of East Anglia