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The Sand Dune and Shingle Network is based within the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Sciences and Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University. It is supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and Natural England.
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Northern Ireland Visit
 We are planning a trip to Northern Ireland and would like to invite members/non members along with us. This looks set to be a really interesting visit with repsected speakers such as Norb Psuty and an overview of lots of different aspects of the North coast. Please see the Events page to find out more.
Newsletter 9
Special Edition of Journal of Coastal Conservation
 The June 2010 edition of the Journal of Coastal
Conservation features papers presented at the "Changing perspectives in coastal dune management" event held at Liverpool Hope University in 2008, with contributions from internationally renowned coastal dune
experts.
Event: International workshop on the management of dune polder and dune marshland transition zones
 The objective of this workshop is to exchange management experiences and
innovative management techniques by bringing together administrators
and researchers of dune polder and dune marshland transition zones in
Europe. The final aim is to produce a report with recommendations,
stimulating the growth of a new dynamic for the restoration of these
transition zones in Europe.
Registration fee €50
Transition zones between dunes and polders, as well as between dunes and marshlands, form a very particular gradient-rich physical environment. The gradients from fresh to salt water, from dry to wet, from sand to clay, from nutrient rich to nutrient poor, result in the presence of specific habitats and species, in many cases part of the Natura-2000 network. In a lot of locations however, the transition zones are interrupted by buildings or dikes. A number of European countries are making efforts to maintain, restore and develop these very rare dune polder and dune marshland transition zones. Their experiences call for a wider dissemination, in order for the different European member states to learn from each other and to encourage similar initiatives.
The confirmed speakers are Sam Provoost (Belgium), Anton van Haperen (Netherlands), Guillaume Lemoine (France) and Sue Rees (England).
Newsletter 8
Newsletter 8 has landed, albeit with a slight delay in publication because of Easter and editors' other commitments. This is a low resolution version, as are all the versions featured on the website and emailed out. If you would like a high resolution version for printing please contact us
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Dune forestry
We have an article featured in the current issue of Chartered Forester discussing the contentious issue of pine plantations on dunes. If you have any experience in this field; papers, research, involvement in projects or working as a forester on dune sites, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact us on
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to give us your feedback on the article or discuss any themes around dune forestry. We will be featuring forestry in a future issue of the network newsletter.
Sand Dune Hydrology Workshop
 This conference has now taken place and we have begun the process of creating the network's first thematic group on hydrology. This will give the research and development aims identified at the workshop greater focus and combine expertise from a variety of sources. It will be jointly co-ordinated by the network and Charlie Stratford at the CEH, newsletter 8 (above) features a workshop summary and elaborates on the thematic group.
This conference brought together researchers, managers and policy makers involved in coastal dune sites in order to discuss and share information on hydrological issues. It was organised by the CEH in conjunction with other partners and featured speakers from Natural England, the BGS and the network.
Making Links with Golf
We have recently sent round a flier (see below) detailing our "Making Links" project which aims to bring together golf professionals from all over the UK to share knowledge and best practice to improve sustainability on Links courses. We are currently updating our website and will be adding golf pages in the future. Please contact us
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if there are any resources, links or information pertaining to golf you would like to see on the website. Equally, if you are involved with golf, please get in contact and we can send some information.
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Study Tour to the Netherlands
A report of our trip to The Netherlands will feature in the March newsletter and an occasional paper will provide more detail in the future.
Newsletter 7: November 2009
Research into alien plants on dunes
Please help with this study by downloading the questionnaire and sending the information back to Sally Edmondson at Liverpool Hope University  Alien Species 91.50 Kb
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