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Panel Discussion: 'Measuring what matters: biodiversity metrics for business and finance'
This panel discussion will explore how biodiversity science can better inform decisions in business, finance, government and other bodies.
The panel will examine:
What biodiversity science can currently say about state and trends, and which dimensions genuinely matter for decision-making across marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
How to navigate proliferating metrics and frameworks (TNFD, SBTN, national indicators, emerging biodiversity credits).
Where scientific frontiers lie: from genomics and AI-enabled monitoring to functional trait metrics, plural biodiversity knowledge and global synthetic indices.
How to ensure that scientific advances directly support nature-positive trajectories and do not inadvertently reinforce extractive forms of measurement or governance.
The discussion will also consider how biodiversity metrics can be developed in ways that respect the rights, knowledge systems, and governance structures of Indigenous peoples (many of whom who are among the world’s most effective stewards of biodiversity).
Date:
10 February 2026, 17:00
Venue:
Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Speakers:
Prof Nathalie Seddon (Director, Nature-based Solutions Initiative),
Dr Elizabeth Boakes (RSPB Conservation Science Monitoring Team),
Prof Andy Purvis (Natural History Museum, London),
Prof Kate Jones (University College London),
Prof Mark Blaxter (Wellcome Sanger Institute),
Prof Anjali Goswami (DEFRA)
Organising department:
Oxford Martin School
Organiser:
Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Oxford Martin School Events
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/measuring-what-matters
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Hannah Mitchell,
Chris Green
