Land Use Summit: Prioritising land use in the midst of a climate and nature crisis
Join us and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) for this one-day Land Use Summit focussing on strategic land use prioritisation in the midst of a triple planetary crisis.
Catastrophic declines in biodiversity and rapid changes in climatic conditions are threatening food security, and expected to trigger mass movements in human populations, potentially impacting housing availability. Similarly, international tensions and conflicts are impacting economies around the world, leading in many situations to a cost-of-living crisis that has been particularly felt by the most vulnerable communities.
Addressing these issues separately could lead to advocacy for diametrically different visions, hindering efforts towards securing a liveable, affordable, and biodiverse future for all. To avoid this, wider and more collaborative discourse is needed on how much land need be set aside for food production, energy production, housing and infrastructure, and nature.
This Land Use Summit – organised by ZSL, in collaboration with the BES – will aim to provide a platform for discussing the opportunities and challenges associated with biodiversity recovery in times of rapid global environmental changes. It will focus on identifying strategic land use prioritisation for delivering mandated conservation outcomes within the UK, looking at England in particular as a case study. We will discuss land use prioritisation in light of other competing demands, while also accounting for interdependencies between the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments.
Cost and booking for the Land Use Summit
Places at this workshop are limited so please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Bookings will close on Sunday 14th April.
- Full price ticket: £75
- Student ticket: £45
Poster submissions closed on 16 February.
This event is being organised by ZSL in collaboration with the British Ecological Society.
BES Symposium: Resilient Landscapes for People, Nature and Climate
In addition to the Land Use Summit, we are also running a symposium on resilient landscapes on 24-25 June at the Teaching and Learning Building, University of Birmingham.
Organised in collaboration with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Woodland Trust, WWF, RSPB, Natural England, Ecological Continuity Trust, and the National Trust, this 2-day symposium will support the creation of a more cohesive community around large-scale land, freshwater and coastal/marine system projects to secure a more resilient future for our climate, people and nature.
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