Standing up for Nature - Harnessing the power of local communities

About this event

UCL Laws is delighted to host the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) David Hall Memorial Conversation on Wednesday 1st November 2022.

ELF marks its 30th Anniversary this year. A charity set up to address the inequality of resources held by communities threatened with environmental challenges, ELF gives ordinary people a voice in the environmental decisions that affect them for the benefit of current and future generations. ELF wanted to do something special to celebrate their 30 years of being and have relaunched their annual David Hall Memorial Lectures in a new conversation format.

This year, ELF is delighted to be welcoming Chris Packham and Mya-Rose Craig for a conversation on “Standing up for Nature - Harnessing the power of local communities” to be chaired by Carol Day.

About the speakers

Chris Packham has led a remarkable life. He’s gained recognition as a naturalist, television presenter, writer, photographer, conservationist, campaigner and filmmaker.

As a broadcaster he is a presenter of BBC’s BAAFTA Award winning Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch series. He presents notable natural history series such as Nature’s Weirdest Events, World’s Weirdest Events, World’s Sneakiest Animals, Cats V Dogs, The Burrowers, Inside the Animal Mind, Operation Iceberg and Secrets of our Living Planet. He was featured in The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC – US) where he introduced Jimmy to a Porcupine and baby spotted Hyena, and sent a Black Vulture flying to him as he stood in the audience.

Dr Mya-Rose Craig is a prominent young British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, environmentalist, diversity activist as well as an author, speaker and broadcaster. At age 11 she started the popular blog Birdgirl, and at age 17 she became the youngest person to see half of the birds in the world.

Carol Day has worked in the environmental sector for over 25 years. She trained as a solicitor at Leigh Day and re-joined the firm to run the environmental litigation service in 2013. After completing an MSc in Nature Conservation (UCL), Carol started her career in the voluntary sector as a campaigner working on environmental policy. Through her employment with two County Wildlife Trusts (Warwickshire and Surrey) and a decade on planning and site safeguard work with WWF-UK, she developed an in-depth understanding of UK/EU environmental issues.

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