Swedish Biodiversity Conference – plenary session October 2025 Professor David Hill CBE DL Founder President, Foundation For Nature We need to make change happen quickly if we are to avert the catastrophic impacts of continuing biodiversity loss. That change needs to focus on the wholesale restoration of nature. This paper outlines key themes that need to be explained to politicians, business and the public based on experience of biodiversity policy over the past 20 years and

Here is a fascinating statistic. In the United States the ecological restoration industry is worth more per year than the US steel and iron industry. I picked this up from an excellent presentation given by Sara Johnson of the Ecological Restoration Business Association (ERBA). The ecological restoration industry in the US, as a result almost solely of compliance requirements of the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act (and various State-basedwetland preservation Acts),

David Hill talks with Nick Howard, custodian of the historic Castle Howard estate, on why sustainable land management is so important, and how this motivates the habitat restoration strategy underway at Castle Howard. https://www.davidhillpodcast.com/podcast/nickhoward