45th TB Macaulay Lecture: Valuing nature for transformation: innovations in policy, finance and practice around the world
We are absolutely delighted to announce that the 45th TB Macaulay lecture will be delivered by globally renowned environmental expert, Professor Gretchen C. Daily on 10th September at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
Presented in partnership with the Macaulay Development Trust and The James Hutton Institute; the event aims to connect scientific evidence with civic society around critical issues affecting land and people.
Professor Daily is co-founder and Faculty Director of the Stanford Natural Capital Project, Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University; and is also a member of the First Minister’s Environment Council in Scotland.
In her lecture, she will describe how important it is to understand human dependence on nature, from the material basics such as nutrition, health, climate security and economic security, to the more ethereal concepts of belonging, beauty, and spirit. She will argue that being able to access and action this understanding is crucial when it comes to making the necessary transformations in society and in taking the decisions that are required to secure the biosphere and our human future.
An awakening is underway, to the values of nature as an engine of well-being and prosperity – and to the risks and devastating costs of its loss. In her lecture, Professor Gretchen C. Daily will describe key frontiers in understanding human dependence nature – for material basics of nutrition, health, climate security, and economic security to ethereal senses of belonging, beauty, and spirit. Making this understanding accessible and actionable is crucial, to inform the profound societal transformations necessary to secure the biosphere and the human future.
Through vivid examples, Gretchen will bring to life the rapidly growing movement to bring the values of earth’s lands, waters, and biodiversity into the mainstream of decision-making. She will describe pioneering models of success for valuing nature in policy, planning, finance, and practice. These innovations – often born in small countries – use new forms of science, technology, and partnership. They are increasingly scalable, illuminating pathways toward green, inclusive development across the world.
As Scotland pursues a strategic approach to natural capital whilst aiming to have a Nature Positive Scotland by 2030, Gretchen will outline how crucial the role is of recognising the value of natural capital in transitioning towards a more sustainable economy and society and consider the policy and practices that other countries have adopted in approaching this complex yet hugely important and hopeful transformation.
We are absolutely delighted to announce that the 45th TB Macaulay lecture will be delivered by globally renowned environmental expert, Professor Gretchen C. Daily on 10th September at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
Presented in partnership with the Macaulay Development Trust and The James Hutton Institute; the event aims to connect scientific evidence with civic society around critical issues affecting land and people.
Professor Daily is co-founder and Faculty Director of the Stanford Natural Capital Project, Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University; and is also a member of the First Minister’s Environment Council in Scotland.
In her lecture, she will describe how important it is to understand human dependence on nature, from the material basics such as nutrition, health, climate security and economic security, to the more ethereal concepts of belonging, beauty, and spirit. She will argue that being able to access and action this understanding is crucial when it comes to making the necessary transformations in society and in taking the decisions that are required to secure the biosphere and our human future.
Programme:
17:00-18:00: Pre-lecture exhibition
18:00-19:30: 45th TB Macaulay Lecture and Q&A session
19:30–21:00: Post-lecture reception
An awakening is underway, to the values of nature as an engine of well-being and prosperity – and to the risks and devastating costs of its loss.
