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As the ’s Conservation Programmes Director, Jonathan Baillie is responsible for conservation projects focusing on threatened species and their habitats in more than 50 countries. His research focus lies in defining the status and trends of the world’s species and ecosystems.

He has overseen the development of a number of major biodiversity indicators such as the , the IUCN and the WCS/ZSL Wildlife Picture Index. Jonathan has also played a leading role in a number of influential documents on the status of the world’s species including the , the Biodiversity chapter of the and the .

His work has shaped our understanding of the status and trends of mammals, vertebrates, and invertebrates as well as major ecosystems. He is a Chief Scientific Advisor to which represents legislators from all over the world. He is also advisor to a number of funding bodies such as , digital team, and . In addition he co-chairs the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group and chairs the IUCN National Red List Alliance.  

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Andrew Balmford has been a conservation supporter since he was a child. He is now Professor of Conservation Science in the , where his main research interests are the costs and benefits of effective conservation, and exploring how conservation might best be reconciled with land-demanding activities such as farming.

To have most impact he focuses his research in developing countries and collaborates closely with conservation practitioners and with colleagues in other disciplines. He helped establish the , the and the annual .

His 2012 book highlights success stories in conservation and argues that cautious optimism is essential in tackling environmental challenges. 

Dr Castán Broto is a senior lecturer at (DPU). The DPU, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary, conducts research and postgraduate teaching that helps to build the capacity of national governments, local authorities, NGOs, aid agencies and businesses working towards socially-just and sustainable development in the global south.

Her research work focuses on how understanding socio-environmental interactions may help build sustainable and inclusive cities. She currently leads a project funded by the to understand the different roles that energy plays in the everyday lives of people living in cities in the global south.

Other work includes a project to develop participatory urban planning methodologies for climate change, which was distinguished as a 2013 Lighthouse Activity by the programme , and research on the politics of urban innovation for climate change, which has just been published as a monograph called with H. Bulkeley and G. Edwards, 2014: Routledge. 


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is at the University of Surrey. He currently holds a Professorial Fellowship on (PASSAGE) funded by the (ESRC). He is also an award-winning playwright with numerous radio-writing credits for the Â鶹Éç. 
He has been at the forefront of international debates about sustainable development for over two decades and has worked closely with the UK Government, the United Nations, and numerous private companies and NGOs to bring social science research into sustainability. His research interests focus on the economic and social aspects of the relationship between people’s lifestyles and the environment.

From 2010 to 2014 Tim was Director of the , a multi-institution research group funded by the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The aim of the group was to develop a robust understanding of the links between lifestyle, societal values and the environment, and to provide evidence-based advice to policy-makers seeking to influence people’s lifestyles and practices. From 2006 to 2011 he was founding Director of – the research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment funded by the ESRC.

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