Session 3          Using the value of wild area restoration

Promoting the value of restoration in a recession – TEEB update

Pavan Sukhdev

Coordinator TEEB Study,
Head UNEP Green Economy Initiative

The business of sustainability

Neil Birnie

Chief Executive, Conservation Capital Ltd

Funding large areas for the long run – innovation and stability

Marianne Kettunen

Senior Policy Analyst, IEEP

Session 4         Addressing the policy framework

Best practice in the Member States and the Commission

Alberto Arroyo

WWF Natura 2000 Coordinator, European Policy Office

Inputting to international conventions

Paul Grigoriev

Regional Programme Coordinator, IUCN ROfE

Session  5         Research, Education and Communication

The research agenda – what’s needed?

Steve Carver

Senior Researcher, Department of Geography, Leeds University

Education – influencing curricula

Helen McDade

Head of Policy, John Muir Trust

Communication – capturing hearts and minds

Staffan Widstrand

Director,
Wild Wonders of Europe

TBA

Keynote presentation

Wilderness in the EU Post 2010 Biodiversity Strategy

Kurt Vandenberghe

Head of Cabinet, Environment Commissioner, European Commission

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Final Session – Implementing and communicating the restoration strategy

Communicating the values of restoration to decision takers

Gyula Hegyi

Advisor to Cabinet, EC DG Employment and Social Affairs

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Building a wilder Europe: Implementing the restoration strategy

Stefan Leiner

Head of Natura 2000 Unit, European Commission DG Environment

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