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Ill fares the land? Holding large landowners to account for nature destruction - and restoration
Seminar followed by Q&A and drinks – attend in person or join online – all welcome
Abstract: Nature is in crisis in England; a country where half the land is owned by less than 1% of the population. Landowners often like to style themselves as stewards of the earth, but how can we ensure this isn’t just greenwash? Can we design better policies to hold the biggest landowners to account for how they treat habitats and wildlife? This talk, drawing on Guy Shrubsole’s latest book The Lie of the Land, will look at several proposals for making landownership more accountable and transparent: from the forthcoming Land Use Strategy and the government’s new National Estate for Nature group, to Community Right to Buy and other initiatives to democratise decision-making over land use.
Biography: Guy Shrubsole is an environmental campaigner and author of The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), and Who Owns England? (2019). He has twice won the Wainwright Prize for writing on conservation; worked for Friends of the Earth, Rewilding Britain, and DEFRA; and co-founded the Right to Roam campaign.
Date:
6 March 2026, 16:15
Venue:
Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details:
Main lecture theatre, 1st floor (lift available)
Speaker:
Guy Shrubsole (Writer and campaigner)
Organising department:
Environmental Change Institute
Organisers:
Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford),
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Organiser contact email address:
biodiversity@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jane Applegarth
