The 2019 St Helena Conference took place 11th to 15th March
Full conference days were 12th, 13th and 14th March and was hosted at Anne’s Place in the Castle Gardens of Jamestown. A public poster session was hosted at St Helena Museum Jamestown on the 13th of March.
Workshops and a public talk were on the 11th and the conference field trips ran on the 15th of March.
Programme
Tuesday 12th March 2019. Anne’s Place.
Chairs: Chris Carnegy (am), Neil Fantom (pm)
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation title |
| 08.30 |
MORNING COFFEE |
||
|
09.00 |
Her Excellency Governor Lisa Honan | UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Welcome |
| 09.10 | Councillor Christine Scipio | St Helena Legislative Council | Welcome to St Helena on behalf of the Legislative Council. |
| 09.15 | Tara Pelembe | South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute | Welcome from SAERI & JNCC, conference logistics |
| 09.25 | Councillor Kitty George | Ascension Island Council | Introduction to Ascension Island |
| 09.35 | Councillor Russell Yon | St Helena Legislative Council | Introduction to St Helena |
| 09.45 | Chris Carnegy | Tristan da Cunha Government | Introduction to Tristan da Cunha |
| 09.55 | The Honourable Mark Pollard MLA | Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly | Introduction to the Falkland Islands |
| 10.05 | Sue Gregory | Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands | Introduction to South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands |
| 10.15 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 10.30 | Sam Cherrett | UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Introduction to the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) |
| 10.40 | Amanda Gregory
|
Joint Nature Conservation Committee | CSSF Natural Capital Programme across the UK Overseas Territories |
| 11.10 | Jake Kuyer | eftec | St Helena Natural Capital Accounting |
| 11.30 | Ness Smith | South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute | The South Atlantic Natural Capital Project |
| 12.00 | Dr Rebecca Cairns-Wicks | St Helena Research Institute | Concept and status of the St Helena Research Institute |
| 12.15 | Lunch | ||
| 13.00 | Professor Dan Yon | York University, Canada | (Re)Imagining the South Atlantic World: island identity, planetary consciousness. |
| 13.45 | Dr Dimitrious Bormpoudakis & Dennis Leo | University of Kent & St Helena National Trust | Cultural ecosystem services across the South Atlantic |
| 14.45 | Derek Henry | St Helena Government | An overview of EMD and current work streams |
| 14.30 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 14.55 | Isabel Peters | St Helena Government | The EIA process on St Helena |
| 15.05 | Mike Durnford | St Helena Government | Waste Management; Challenges, Constraints and Opportunities’ |
| 15.15 | Vanessa Thomas | St Helena Government | A conservation success story; the Bastard Gumwood |
| 15.25 | Lourens Malan | St Helena Government | The Peaks National Park |
| 15.35 | Sasha Bargo | St Helena Government | Composting |
| 15.45 | Jeremy Harris | St Helena National Trust | Championing the conservation of St Helena’s built, cultural, and natural heritage. |
| 16.00 | Shayla Ellick | St Helena National Trust | Habitat restoration and creation under the LEMP project |
| 16.15 | QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION FROM THE DAY | ||
| 16.30 |
CLOSE |
||
Wednesday 13th March 2019. Anne’s Place.
Chairs; Christine Scipio (am) and Emily Hancox (pm)
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation title
|
| 08.30 |
MORNING COFFEE |
||
| 09.00 | Vicky Morgan | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Marine Natural Capital in the UK – a global model? |
| 09.25 | Juliette Perche | Namibia Nature Foundation | Namibia’s blue economy |
| 09.45 | Dr Al Dove | Georgia Aquarium | Global significance of St Helena’s whale sharks |
| 10.30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
||
| 11.00 | Elizabeth Clingham & Joanna Stockill | UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Marine Management Organisation | Blue Belt programme in the South Atlantic & St Helena |
| 11.30 | Dr Ralf Bublitz | St Helena Government | DPLUS Lobster tagging project |
| 11.50 | St Helena National Trust Marine Team | St Helena National Trust | SHNT’s plastics and education programmes |
| 12.10 | Dr Sian Rees (by video link) | University of Plymouth | St Helena marine ecosystem services, vulnerability and indicators. Where next? |
| 12.30 |
LUNCH |
||
| 13.30 | Sue Gregory | Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands | Sustainable fishing in the SGSSI MPA |
| 13.50 | Kate Chadwick | Ascension Island Government | Ascension Island MPA designation process & marine ecosystem services |
| 14.10 | Chris Carnegy | Tristan da Cunha Government | The importance of Tristan da Cunha’s fisheries for its economy and wellbeing |
| 14.30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
||
| 15.00 | Jo Stockill | Marine Management Organisation | Emerging technologies for fisheries enforcement |
| 15.20 | Dr Sam Weber | University of Exeter | Spatial data and analysis for informing Ascension Island MPA designation |
| 15.40 | Ness Smith | South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute | Ascension Island benthic carbon assessment
|
| 16.00 |
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION FROM THE DAY |
||
| 16.30 |
CLOSE |
||
Thursday 14th March 2019. Anne’s Place.
Chair; Dr Rebecca Cairns-Wicks (am) and Stedson Stroud (pm)
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation title
|
| 08.30 |
MORNING COFFEE |
||
| 09.00 | Dr Christopher Williams | Durham University Business School | Remoteness, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Resilience |
| 09.45 | Nick Conner | Independent consultant | Identifying appropriate tourism development strategies for small islands |
| 10.05 | Helena Bennett | St Helena Tourism | The importance of nature tourism for St Helena |
| 10.20 | Kenicki Andrews & Natasha Stevens | St Helena National Trust | How much is a whale shark worth? |
| 10.35 |
COFFEE BREAK |
||
| 11.00 | James Hutchison | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Data and models for natural capital assessments |
| 11.15 | Alistair McVittie | Scotland’s Rural College | Modelling St Helena’s natural capital |
| 11.45 | Leigh Morris | Consultant to St Helena Government | Upskilling St Helena agriculture to aid food security |
| 12.00 | Devlin Yon | St Helena Government | St Helena Spatial data and WebGIS |
| 12.15 | Tara Pelembe | SAERI | Erosion risk model and mapping Tristan’s settlement plain |
| 12.30 | Dr Jill Key | GB Non-native Species Secretariat | Tackling Invasive Non-Native Species in the UK Overseas Territories |
| 12.45 |
LUNCH |
||
| 13.30 | Nick Conner | Independent consultant | Global approaches to Natural Capital, indicators and monitoring |
| 13.50 | Mrs Isabel Andrews and Yr11 Geography students | Prince Andrew School | What St Helena’s natural capital means to me |
| 14.10 | Lawrence Muranganwa | Connect St Helena | Water security on St Helena |
| 14.30 | Ness Smith | SAERI | Mapping and valuations in the Falkland Islands |
| 14.50 | Neil Fantom | St Helena Government | St Helena statistics; how numbers are used in decision making |
| 15.10 | Nicole Shamier | St Helena Government | Economic development on St Helena |
| 15.30 | Susan O’Bey | St Helena Government
|
Summary & closing remarks |
| 16.00 |
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION FROM THE DAY
|
||
| 16.30 |
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE |
||
