Programme   

First session: (1:00pm to 2:45pm) Chair: Richard Barlow, Chair of Nature Conservation Working Party, Partner and Head of Public Sector, Browne Jacobson LLP   

1:00pm to 1:30pm Speaker: Debbie Tripley, Director of Environmental Policy and Advocacy, WWF UK and Director of the Planetary Boundaries Initiative, former Head of Legal Services at Greenpeace UK  Topic:  The state of nature in the UK: The present and future legal framework to protect it   

1:30pm to 2:00pm Speaker: Dr Tavis Potts, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography, Aberdeen University  Topic: Natural Capital and Ecosystems services in the coastal environment   

2:00pm to 2:30pm Speaker: Professor Paul Leonard, Environmental Scientist and Honorary Professor at Brunel University  Topic: Charting Progress of Science-based evidence for our Seas.   

2:30pm to 2:45pm Q and A session     

Tea break: 2:45pm to 3:00pm     

Second session: (3:00pm to 5:30pm) Chair: Dr Veneta Cooney Consultant Physician, Convenor of the Public Health and Environmental Law Working Party and Trustee of UKELA  Topic: outline of the breadth and scope of environmentally- related illness and the role of nature in health   

3:00pm-3:30pm Speaker: Dr David Pearson, Cognitive Psychologist at Anglia Ruskin University and a member of the PHEL WP Topic: Cognitive and well-being benefits of exposure to natural environments   

3:30pm to 4:00pm Speaker: Juliette Young, Senior Policy Officer, (Planning), England, RSPB Topic: The Role of the Planning System  

4.00pm to 4: 30pm Speaker: Helen Ross, Vice Chair of the Faculty of Public Health, Sustainable Development Special Interest Group Topic: Sustainable Development and Public Health: a Nottingham Case Study   

4:30pm to 5:00pm Speaker: Dr Victoria Jenkins, Associate Professor, School of Law, Swansea University Topic: Public health drivers, climate change and biodiversity: A lesson from Wales   

5:00pm to 5:30pm Questions and closing remarks