This event has been withdrawn; Ben Macdonald; ‘Cornerstones’

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances BEN MACDONALD has had to withdraw from this event. All ticket holders will be contacted and tickets refunded

Our precious archipelago is ravaged by climate change, bereft of natural ecosystems and now lies at the mercy of global warming, flooding, drought and catastrophic biodiversity loss. Could restoring the species that once helped protect these islands be our best solution?  

In Cornerstones, we discover how beavers craft wetlands, save fish, encourage otters, and prevent our rivers from flooding. We learn how ‘disruptive’ wild boar are, in fact, the best butterfly conservationists and why whales are our best solution to restoring seabird cities. And we examine the role that humans – the most important cornerstone species of all – can play in restoring our biodiversity.

Benedict Macdonald is a naturalist, conservationist, writer and producer.   Having studied wildlife since a very early age, he pursued a career in natural history film-making and has worked on series including The One Show, Springwatch, The Hunt, Apple’s Tiny Worlds & Earth at Night, and as a field director for the Emmy-award winning David Attenborough’s Our Planet.

As a writer, his first book, ‘Rebirding’, highlighted the need for mass-scale nature restoration across the UK, and was the winner of the Richard Jefferies Prize & inaugural winner of the Wainwright Conservation Prize 2020.

He currently works as Head of Nature Restoration for Real Wild Estates.

This event is in The Crypt of Christ Church.