South West Environment Network

Next Plenary Meeting: Wed 31st March 2010 Environment Agency, Exeter - see meetings.

The South West Environment Network (SWEN) is an independent network of environmental agencies, organisations and groups in the South West of England.

SWEN aims to make an important contribution to the regional agenda by adding real value to the efforts of those involved in protecting and enhancing the environment of the South West, in the context of sustainable development.

Since SWEN was formed in 1999, the network has made an important contribution to the regional environment agenda. It has encouraged and enabled:

The sharing of information and intelligence
More and improved partnership working
Access to a range of organisations and initiatives on a variety of issues
The continuing promotion, protection and enhancement of the South West's environment

Membership of this network is continually growing and it is proving to be an important voice in the busy regional agenda. SWEN has a significant input on an increasing range of issues and initiatives.

What's new

draft Priorities January 2010. This draft has been available to members to comment on. The current working draft has been updated so please contact Jo Traill Thomson if you would like to discuss the Priorities or see an uptodate draft.
The most recent SWEN Plenary was on 26th November 2009. The notes from this meeting are available: SWEN Landscape Plenary November 2009. This summarises the main points which arose in discussion following the presentations and main SWEN business including the new Management Group arrangements for 2010, the move from REN to SWEN and the next Plenary arranged for 3rd March 2010. The main presentations from the 26th November are also available. These include Leslie Pearman's overview of the European Landscape Convention and The Research Box's presentation of the qualitative landscape research looking at public attitudes and values to landscape.

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