Friday 30th May 2025, 1pm - 2pm BST
Speakers: Bob Smith, Director of DICE, University of Kent, Thomas Pienkowski (Research Fellow, DICE), and Sam Aizlewood (PhD Candidate, DICE)
In CASCADE’s fifth webinar, we will explore some of the big questions in spatial planning that have arisen in response to the new Global Biodiversity Framework targets. Countries have committed through Target 1 to using participatory, integrated biodiversity inclusive spatial planning and through Target 3 to conserve at least 30% of their land and sea by 2030. We will hear from Bob Smith (Director), Sam Aizlewood (PhD candidate), and Thomas Pienkowski (Research Fellow) from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent. Following an introduction from Bob Smith, we will explore how progress towards these targets could be measured. Thomas Pienkowski will discuss the opportunities and challenges for scaling area-based conservation beyond protected areas, which requires understand motives and barriers faced by a diverse set of societal actors. Sam Aizlewood will then explore how systematic conservation planning could be used to identify where to focus rewilding efforts, and the implications rewilding may have for food security and managing priority habitats. Their short presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and an interactive Q&A session.
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