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Ponds on the map Newsletter September 2009 BBC Countryfile Garden Ponds Have a pond party Pond Conservation Annual Report 2008/09 Sunday Telegraph coverage of Million Ponds Project Press release: Do the Big Pond Dip at the CLA Game Fair this weekend Press release: Million Ponds Project to create 1000 new ponds in Wales Pond Conservation at BBC Gardeners' World Live 10-14 June Take a look at Kate Humble's Springwatch blog Blue Peter pond gets a clean water makeover The Big Pond Dip is launched 26 May 2009 Old news March 2008 to Summer 2009 Against the Flow Survey 2009 Naked Scientists look for clean water Farmers: do one thing for wildlife International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May 2009 Ponds on BBC The One Show RHS greener gardening show Froglife and The HCT to merge Million Ponds Project on BBC Countryfile website Press release: Pond Conservation launch 'Wildlife ponds for the garden' EPCN newsletter now available Watch Countryfile on 29 March! Amphibian and reptile training courses Kent reptile and amphibian group make a donation to the Million Ponds Project appeal International World Water Day - 22 March Alan Titchmarsh writes about the Million Ponds Project Million Ponds Project in the Daily Telegraph Million Ponds Project partners support the launch Lord Selborne is Pond Conservation's Patron Million Ponds Project in the Guardian Wild About Your Garden on BBC One OPAL launched 25 November 08 Saving Dorset's ponds New post: Oxfordshire Biodiversity project manager New post: Pondscapes Officer, Wales CLOSED Ten year decline in countryside quality urgently needs Government Investment Countryside Survey finds decline in UK pond quality Another new job: RSPB Reedbed project officer New job: Pondscape project officer at Tees Valley Wildlife Trust New job: Ponds project officer at The Herpetological Conservation Trust- CLOSED Invasive aliens on the BBC New ponds in North Wales Kate Humble launches a new pond site in Northern Ireland David Attenborough makes a plea for frogs and toads Great Crested Newts in great ponds on BBC The One Show 22 Sept 08 Pond Conservation on Naked Scientists radio show Pond Conservation seek new staff September 2008 -CLOSED Swimming ponds are good for wildlife August 2008 Making new ponds for wildlife article August 2008 BBC Wales' Jody Borton talks about toads in his blog August 2008 Pond Conservation annual report 2007/08 read the latest highlights of our work Wetland vision launch 7 July 2008 Hear Pond Conservation staff talk about ponds 13 June 2008 World environment day: towards a low carbon economy 5 June 2008 European Pond Manifesto published by European Pond Conservation Network May 2008 Pond Conservation staff present at European Pond Conservation Network meeting New jobs: Mossland project deadline 19 Dec! Press briefing 1 May 2008: ponds trap more carbon than the world's oceans Pond expert from Europe Old news - pre March 2008 Pond Conservation response to the Defra Water strategy 7 Feb 2008 Press release: Dig ponds to stop flooding 1 Feb 2008 Protect the smallest wetlands: World Wetlands Day 2 Feb 08 Frogs breed earlier in the year Pond Conservation's Becca Cleaver wins conservation award Nov 07 Newsletter September 2009 Our work Conservation Important Areas for Ponds (IAPs) European Pond Conservation Network (EPCN) Garden ponds project Bucks garden pond survey South Yorkshire Ponds project Surveys Predictive SYstem for Multimetrics National pond monitoring network Survey projects Countryside survey Lower Windrush Valley Lowland pond survey Other freshwaters Ditches Streams Canals Small lakes Climate change and ponds Research from the USA Carbon uptake by UK ponds Climate change mitigation The carbon cycle Research Water friendly farming landscapes Small-scale solutions for big water problems Reducing flooding Reducing pollution Water for crops Sustainable urban drainage systems Scientifc publications and technical reports Survey, conference and technical reports Ponds for people Ponds for People North Wales Maes y Grug Minera Pond Wardens Pond projects in Lancashire Sunnyhurst Wood Pond Project ResPOND newsletter Ponds for People Oxfordshire and Thames Valley Ponds for People projects Gilly's Pond in Blackpool Lawson's Wetland in Lancashire North Blackpool Pond Trail Sunnyhurst Wood Pond Project Jobs CLOSED - Supporters Scheme Manager Staff profiles Patron and trustees Partners	Data About the NPMN Pond Data Add data to the NPMN Data Requests and Database Queries Ponds on the map UK Scotland Wales Northern Ireland North-east England North-west England Midlands East Anglia South-east England South-west England Survey Methods Rapid Assessment for Ponds PSYM Method NPS Method Training Contact the NPMN