Name: Born to Rewild!
Start: 2018-05-22T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2018-05-22T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Forum Alumni Auditorium, Stocker Road, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter

Born to Rewild!

University of Exeter

<H2>Born to Rewild!</H2>
<H4><STRONG>Guest lecture from Professor Alastair Driver, Honorary Professor in Applied Environmental Management </STRONG></H4>
<H5>Date: Tuesday 22 May 2018</H5>
<H5>Time: 19:30 - 20:30</H5>
<H5>Venue: Forum Alumni Auditorium, Stocker Road, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus, EX4 4SZ</H5>
<H5>Video link: Exchange Lecture Theatre, Penryn Campus, TR10 9EZ</H5>
<H3>Event Information</H3>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal">Alastair Driver is an Honorary Professor in Applied Environmental Management at the University of Exeter and is well-known in UK conservation circles. He started his career as a river corridor surveyor for the <A HREF="https://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust</A> in 1978 and became the first conservationist responsible for conservation of the waterways and wetlands in the Thames catchment in 1984, before going on to become the Head of Conservation for the <A HREF="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Environment Agency</A> from 2002-2016. Working as an independent, he now has many roles including acting as a Specialist Advisor in a professional capacity for <A HREF="http://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/about/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rewilding Britain</A> and <A HREF="https://www.arup.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arup</A>, and <I>pro bono</I> for many organisations including No 10 and the National Trust.</P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal">In this lecture Alastair will briefly explore the roots of rewilding in his own career and will go on to explain his definition and the merits of the often contentious word <I>“rewilding”</I>. He will also bust a few myths of what rewilding in Britain is in reality and what it is not, and very importantly explain how it can work economically. All of this will be set against his strongly held belief that traditional nature reserve/protected site conservation <STRONG>on its own</STRONG> is not enough to reverse the decline in biodiversity in the UK and therefore something significantly new and different is required in addition – and that something is rewilding. He will illustrate his presentation with past and present examples of major habitat restoration work which he has been involved with, and will explain why he is now focussing on a few carefully selected locations in England and Wales through his work with Rewilding Britain to make the rewilding dream a reality.</P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal">Following the presentation, Alastair will be glad to take questions.</P>
<H3>Programme</H3>
<P CLASS="xxmsonormal">19.30 - Introduction from <A HREF="http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Richard_Brazier" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Professor Richard Brazier</A>, Professor of Earth Surface Processes, University of Exeter</P>
<P CLASS="xxmsonormal">19.35 - Guest lecture from Professor Alastair Driver, Born to Rewild!</P>
<P CLASS="xxmsonormal"><SPAN>20.15 - Questions and answer session followed by vote of thanks</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="xxmsonormal"><SPAN>20.30 - Close</SPAN></P>
<H3><SPAN>Venue</SPAN></H3>
<P>Alumni Auditorium, The Forum, Streatham Campus</P>
<P>Please visit this page for <A HREF="http://www.exeter.ac.uk/visit/directions/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">directions</A>.</P>
<H3>Video link venue</H3>
<P>The Exchange Lecture Theatre, Penryn Campus, TR10 9EZ</P>
<P><SPAN>Please visit this page for </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.exeter.ac.uk/visit/directions/cornwall/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">directions</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
<H3>Registration and Contact</H3>
<P><SPAN>Please register using this web page. If you have any questions about this event please contact </SPAN><A HREF="mailto:%20research-events@exeter.ac.uk" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">research-events@exeter.ac.uk</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P>

Forum Alumni Auditorium, Stocker Road, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter

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