Big Nature Debate (video)
Watch the video of the Big Nature Debate that took place at the Natural History Museum on 7 October 2010. Biodiversity experts discuss the challenges we face as biodiversity decreases at an alarming rate.
The Big Nature Debate panellists:
- Professor Robert Watson, Chief Science Advisor to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
- Professor Jon Hutton, Director of the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
- Dr Chris Lyal, Research Entomologist, Natural History Museum.
- Jonathan Baillie, Conservation Programmes Director, Zoological Society of London.
- Paul Smith, Director of the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.
About the Big Nature Debate
In October 2010, delegates from around the world attended COP10 (the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity) in Nagoya, Japan. They met to agree important new targets for preserving biodiversity.
The Big Nature Debate was launched ahead of COP10 to give everyone an opportunity to discuss their questions, concerns, and ideas.
The issues raised via the Big Nature forum, blogs, Facebook and Twitter were addressed during the live debate on 7 October. We also passed the key points on to the British government ahead of the conference.
