CMA Events & Training

The day will focus on how the Forestry Commission is developing cycling access and managing events:

1) The Forestry Commissions approach to managing informal down hilling mountain bike routes within a woodland environment visiting an FC site to look at how our policy has evolved.

2) Presentation on the 1 SW cycle project and how it aims to encourage more people to get on their bikes

3) Considering the impacts of managing access and events against the backdrop of Phytophthora ramorum

The day starts at 10:30 and is finished by 15:30 / 16:00.

CMA Members £0
Non-members £35 (Includes CMA membership)

• Coffee / tea provided on arrival
• Please bring packed lunch
• Wear suitable clothing for walking in forest environment and bring a Hi-Vis jacket

To book please complete booking from overleaf or contact CMA Administration:
Writtle College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3RR
Tel: 01245 424116
e-mail: cma@writtle.ac.uk

The EUROSITE conference theme is "The Challenge of Managing Sites in a Changing Environment" (open to anyone).

More info here http://www.eurosite.org/en-UK/content/eurosite-annual-conference-scotland-13-16-september-2010

The IRF European representative (Florin Halauastan or Hombre) has been in touch to confirm that the European Seminar (get-together) originally planned for this year will hopefully now take place next year in the Kaliningrad region of Russia at the Curonian Spit UNESCO World Heritage site. This is a sandy peninsula about 100 km long and 5 km wide up on the Baltic and bordering the Lithuania. Florin was asking for suggestions as to preferred time of the year from potential attendees. It's mainly a summer destination (May to September) as it gets pretty cold in the winter. So let me know if you are interested in attending and what time of year you'd prefer.

Finally - the IRF World Ranger Congress in 2012 will be in Tanzania. I plan to attend and if there's enough interest from other CMA members we could look at organising a group trip to take-in some pre or post congress touring in the region (Tanzania/Kenya). I used to live in Nairobi so have some local knowledge that might be useful.

Roger; CMA International Adviser