What’s the Plan? How to manage land use in a nature and climate crisis
Join the British Ecological Society and a panel of experts on 9 December at the Museum of Liverpool for a lively debate on how the UK can balance nature recovery with housing, energy and land use policy.
Date: Monday 9th December 2024
Location: Global City Theatre, Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head, Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1DG
Time: 7.00pm – 8.30pm
The new Westminster government is committed to delivering more housing development, energy and planning. They are also talking a good game on nature recovery, reassuring us that targets to improve and restore the environment will always shape policy.
But how likely is this? Will one set of priorities override the other? Will moves to change the planning system or reclassify Green Belt land set a dangerous precedent? Where does a move towards more sustainable agriculture fit in all this? And, finally, what will become of the Land Use Framework promised by the former government?
Join us for a lively public debate where our panel of experts from academia, conservation and campaigning answer these questions and consider how to champion nature recovery whilst recognising the importance of social and environmental pressures on land use. An audience Q&A will mean there will be ample opportunity for you to fire your own land use questions to our expert panellists.
This public debate, which builds on our work in this space with the Zoological Society of London, will also explore how ecologists and conservationists can be a positive yet pragmatic voice for nature at this pivotal moment.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Chair: Ellis Palmer, BBC Merseyside’s Climate and Environment Correspondent
- Professor Nathalie Pettorelli from the Zoological Society of London
- Richard Benwell, the CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link and a local conservationist
- Richard Scott, Founder of Scouse Flowerhouse and Director of the Eden Project’s National Wildflower Centre
- Sarah Johnson from the Lancashire Wildlife Trust
- Dr Jenny Hodgson from the University of Liverpool
This event is hosted as part of our Annual Meeting, the largest ecological conference in Europe. We encourage members of the public, conference delegates, industry professionals, and political decision-makers to attend and be part of the debate.
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