A newly formatted meeting has been announced by national charity Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust for the 3rd November 2012 as part of their Welsh Community Engagement Project. The Welsh Amphibian & Reptile Symposium (WARS) is titled 'Conserving Your Real Welsh Dragons!'. The project is described as ground breaking and includes working with the local Amphibian & Reptile Groups in Wales. 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

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ARG UK and its network have regional meetings each autumn and winter to provide a chance for people to learn more about what local ARG's are doing in their areas. These sort of meetings are vital for people to come together and learn from each other regarding local conservation activities by Local ARG's and also mixed in with the latest developments in research. This Welsh Meeting is no exception with a full day of speakers, a mini soapbox session and an ARG round up over lunch.

The ARG in Gloucestershire has recently been re-founded by Scott Passmore and Robin Ward

Here is an introduction to the group

'Based in the Forest of Dean; Gloucestershire Amphibian and Reptile Group (GlosARG) comprises of volunteers across Gloucestershire; it has been created for anyone who is concerned with the conservation of native frogs, toads, newts, lizards and snakes.

Our aim is to.....

- Raise awareness
- Recruit volunteers
- Survey Gloucestershire
- Manage existing habitats
- Create new habitats
- Achieve protection status on existing and new habitats
- See Gloucestershire recognised as a special place for Herptile Conservation

This isn't going to happen overnight and it isn't going to be easy, but with our passion, focus and some much needed help, we are sure we can achieve our goals. We will be organising walks, talks as well as teaching volunteers how to survey all the magnificent amphibians and reptiles we have in Gloucestershire.

Until now,Gloucestershire did not have an ARG group, so we decided to change this and show the world the wonders of this special county. Please contact us if you would like to help.

We hope you will join us and thank you for your support.

GlosARG'

If you are in and around Gloucestershire do get in contact with the group who ar elooking for willing volunteers to help with events, recording and other practical conservation which benefits local amphibians and reptiles

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Its the Queen's Jubilee Edition of the Hop gossip!

The latest newsletter from Amphibian & Reptile Conservation is now available. Items include the very latest up to date news on all the conservation projects, news and views from the UK herpetofauna conservation world. 

Adders, Natterjacks, and also a big mention of the Record Pool - please do send in any ad hoc or detailed survey information 

 Hop Gossip - Summer/Autumn

The CLARE Project is welcoming people to a party on the 20th July to celebrate the launch of the London Herpetofauna Atlas

Here are the details

The CLARE Project is now coming to the end of its duration. One of the main aims of this project was to produce to an atlas of London’s herpetofauna and so to say a big thank you to everyone who's been involved or interested in the project and to LAUNCH London’s Amphibian and Reptile Atlas we are throwing a PARTY!

At: Camley Street Natural Park (London Wildlife Trust reserve), Kings Cross, Camden N1C 4PW

On: Friday 20^th July from 4:30pm

We will be providing pizzas (thanks to Camley Street's outside pizza oven) and drinks for everyone (until they run out). And we will of course be giving out the hard copies of London's Amphibian and Reptile Atlases which we hope will inspire wildlife recording and the conservation of London's amphibians and reptiles into the future.

On behalf of the project partners; Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, London Wildlife Trust, GiGL and London Amphibian and Reptile Group (LARG) - Thank you and we hope to see you all there!

Sophie Hinton

CLARE Project Officer

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

C/o: London Wildlife Trust

Skyline House, 200 Union Street, London SE1 0LX

direct dial: 020 7803 4289

switchboard: 020 7261 0447

mobile: 07810 184 501

www.arc-trust.org