Naturalist Chris Packham will headline LDN COP

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Leading the charge is broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, Ecotalk’s chief ecologist, who is also a keynote speaker at the Tribune’s LDN COP on November 28.

He will speak at the event in conversation with green industrialist, Dale Vince. Mr Packham said: “We are in a crisis, wildlife is disappearing before our eyes. But it simply doesn’t have to be like this. We have the skills, technologies and energies to restore, repair and reintroduce nature into the UK. And it’s easy to think ‘Well, maybe, but what can I do?’

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At Bowyers Wood, beavers have returned to East Sussex for the first time in 400 years, with a family now settled on the rewilding site and young kits born in the enclosure.

Eighteen black poplars, one of the UK’s rarest native trees, have been planted, chosen for genetic diversity.

Of the LDN COP, Mr Packham added: “I’m delighted to be playing a part and look forward to meeting Londoners who share that desire to make a difference. Congratula­tions to the Islington Tribune for organising this superb event, and thanks to Ecotricity and Ecotalk owner Dale Vince for sponsoring what I’m sure will be a fascinating day of talks, debate and sharing ideas about how we can bring positive change to the way we live.

“C’mon, let’s Ecotalk a better future for nature!”

Ecotalk was launched in 2018 by green entre­pren­eur Dale Vince – founder of Ecotricity, the world’s first green energy com­pany; and chairman of Forest Green Rovers, the world’s greenest football club.

Mr Vince said: “With Ecotalk, we put customers’ bills to work giving land back to nature, creating vital new habitats for British wildlife – a mobile network with a real green outcome.”

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