Biodiversity round table

Day 261 #365DaysWild

A fascinating, wide-ranging discussion on Wednesday.

In partnership with Erin McDaid (Notts Wildlife Trust) and Scott Blance (Derbys Wildlife Trust) we’d gathered a group of Notts & Derbys keenest wildlife activists together to discuss what practical steps the soon-to-be-elected East Midlands Regional Mayor could take to support and promote biodiversity.

So much practical experience that could be harnessed by the new mayoral authority. 

I hope Claire Ward (The Labour Party candidate) found it helpful in understanding how complex and fundamental are the issues impacting biodiversity - and how these, in turn, are fundamental to the health & wellbeing of our communities and landscapes.

I’m sure I speak for everyone in saying that we hope that  the newly-elected mayor will embed nature and biodiversity at the heart of the raft of policies she will develop for the new authority.

This was a first discussion. I hope it can become a springboard for something really powerful in the future.