Lords Committee takes evidence on improving Nature and Biodiversity in England

The evidence session will take place on Monday 25 April from 3.30pm and will be available to watch live or on demand at Parliament TV or in person in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster.

Giving evidence will be:

3.30pm

• Ben Kite, Chair-elect, Strategic Policy Panel, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM);
• Benet Northcote, Senior Adviser to Businesses and NGOs, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH);
• Sarah Mukherjee, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA); and
• Katherine Willis, Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.
  
  

Questions will include:

• Do we have sufficient capacity, skills and resources in place at national, regional and local levels to deliver the Government’s targets for tackling climate change, nature recovery and biodiversity? What changes might be needed to ensure the agenda can be supported?
  
  
• What role can multi-functional approaches (incorporating, for example, agriculture, forestry, recreation, community development and biodiversity) play in delivering better outcomes for nature? What process is needed to realise this in practice and how can trade-offs be effectively managed?
  
  
• How can we ensure that there is a genuine democratic mandate for long-term decisions about the diversity of land use? For example, how can we ensure local buy-in for Local Nature Recovery Strategies, green and blue infrastructure and biodiversity net gain?
  
  
• Do you support the development of a land use framework for England? What would such a framework look like to help deliver better land use outcomes for nature?
  
  
• How can we improve the processes for improving the planning, management and decision making for future land use in England?