Living with Lynx by Jonny Hanson | London Book Launch

Date: Friday, 21 March 2025
Time: 4:30pm - 6pm
Location: G04 Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre, UCL Anatomy Building
Cost: Free

Jonny's first book tackles a major question in conservation and rewilding: could and should we learn to live with lynx, wolves and bears again in Britain and Ireland? He draws on his unique experience as a snow leopard conservationist and as a community farmer, as well as on over 50 interviews from seven countries.

As well as a short talk by Jonny, this launch event features readings, guest perspectives from Roisin Taylor and Emmanuel Zuza Jr, and book signings, exploring whether reintroducing these species in Britain and Ireland is possible and desirable. Signed copies of Living with Lynx will be available to purchase for £25 (card payments only), alongside free samples of Jonny's in-development conservation gin brand, Malawi Mountain Gin.

About the Speakers

Jonny Hanson is an environmental social scientist at Queen's University Belfast and an award-winning social entrepreneur who set up and managed Northern Ireland's first community-owned farm. Raised between Malawi, Africa, and Monaghan, Ireland, he has a PhD in snow leopard conservation from the University of Cambridge and is an Affiliate of the Snow Leopard Conservancy.

Roisin Taylor is a flower farmer, florist, co-director of UK Youth for Nature and a trustee of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust.

Dr Emmanuel Zuza Jr is a senior lecturer in environmental management and sustainability at the Royal Agricultural University.