Bulldozing biodiversity? Conservation with the private sector.

Policy seminar delivered to environmental master’s students at Imperial College London.
Published

December 10, 2015

What

Policy Seminar

Where

Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London

For

Environmental Technology master’s students

Overview

The human race is two thirds of the way to having the same impact on biodiversity in their short lifetime on Earth than a 112-mile wide asteroid. Businesses often shoulder the lion’s share of the blame for this. They undeniably have wide-reaching and substantial impacts on biodiversity, and are often accused of having undue influence on policy. However, they also offer an important lever for change. This talk will present UNEP-WCMC’s work engaging the private sector, primarily the extractive industries, before giving real world examples of the science-government-business interface and implications for conservation.