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Managing Guided Walks, Trails and Events and their Impact

Wednesday 16th June 2010
Centre in the Park at Norfolk Heritage Park, Sheffield, England

Aims of the event

• To help providers, managers and policymakers understand contemporary patterns of rural recreation and the implications for countryside management;
• To provide advice on the social issues that arise when communities are affected by intensive use of their local countryside;
• To present practical solutions for managing the environmental effects of concentrated recreational visits;
• To introduce delegates to the practical application of environmental impact assessment;
• To identify the safety issues arising from the growth of large scale events;
  

Target Audience Countryside managers, event organisers and policy staff involved in providing and managing routes, trails and events in rural and urban countryside where formal and unplanned events are a feature.

Please click on the link below to visit the Countryside Recreation website for further information on this event: http://www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk/events/crn-events.asp