Taraxacum  Club

Curriculum Vitae

 

name David Withrington

 

residence: Peterborough, United Kingdom

 

interests and expertise: (1) nature conservation  (2) environmental policy and law  (3) river restoration (4) writing/editing (5) presentations (6) European butterflies (7) European birds

 

environmental organisations: President of IYF (1971-72); Life Fellow - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds;  member British Trust for Ornithology; member Butterfly Conservation

 

educational qualifications: BA, Russian and Government, University of Exeter, UK     

 

profession (current): retired      

 

profession (previous): Nature Conservancy Council - GB/ English Nature/Natural England (Senior Conservation Adviser, 1975-2009)                                                         

 

publications, conferences, etc.                                               

Withrington, D. 2012. (Chief Editor) International Youth Federation for Environmental Studies and Conservation (IYF) - an account of the involvement of young people in conservation from 1950 to 2010. NNA, Schneverdingen, Germany.                                                                                      

 

Project Leader - Safeguarding Natura 2000 rivers in the UK (1999-2003). 

 

Withrington, D. 2005. Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC): interpreting the provisions applying to protected areas for habitats and species directly depending on water. The Journal of Water Law, 16:6.     

 

Withrington, D. & Verovnik, R. 2008. Butterflies (Rhopalocera) of the Croatian islands. Entomologist’s Gazette 59:3–25.