Countryside in Crisis?

27th Jun 2013 19:00 – 20:30

Countryside in Crisis?

Registration opens from 6.00pm

Environmental risks and hazards like bovine TB, ash dieback and neonicotinoid pesticides are affecting our biodiversity and agriculture. With scientific uncertainty about the impact and scale of these risks, policy-makers face difficult decisions.

Badger culls have been implemented, neonicotinoid pesticides have been banned for their effect on the bee population, and the public are helping spot the early warning signs of Ash Dieback. How can all groups of society input into this decision-making process and is Government getting its policies right and striking a balance between maximising innovation and minimising harm?

Speakers
James Wilsdon, Professor of Science and Democracy, University of Sussex
Nick Pidgeon, Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University
Craig Bennett, Policy and Campaigns Director, Friends of the Earth

The event will be chaired by Tom Heap from BBC Countryfile

Tickets – All welcome
£10 / Free for RGS-IBG Members, school members and Fellows / Book online or by phone 020 7591 3100 View this event on the EAUC website →