We are delighted to invite you to Wild Oxfordshire’s Annual Lecture on 31st January 2024.

We welcome back Wildlife and Countryside Link’s Chief Executive Richard Benwell to talk about Nature 2030. The legal deadline to halt nature’s decline will fall at the end of the next Parliament: 2030. Restoring wildlife in such a short time is a huge task. We’ve yet to see political commitments that match the urgency needed. So how can we rally together as environmentalists in the year ahead? And what should we be asking for? Please join us to discuss the big ideas needed for nature in this election year.

Nature 2030. Through the Nature 2030 campaign, conservation organisations are calling on all political parties to adopt five landmark policies for nature’s recovery ahead of the next General Election.

Wildlife and Countryside Link is the largest environment and wildlife coalition in England, bringing together 57 organisations for the protection of nature. Our members campaign to conserve, enhance and access our landscapes, animals, plants, habitats, rivers and seas. Together we have the support of over eight million people in the UK and directly protect over 750,000 hectares of land and 800 miles of coastline.

Dr Richard Benwell is chief executive of Wildlife & Countryside Link. Previously he has been policy adviser to the Secretary of State at Defra, led policy and advocacy at WWT and RSPB, and served as a director of Westmill Solar Cooperative and a clerk in the House of Commons Commission.

Wild Oxfordshire's Annual Lecture