SAGT Conference #4 - Keynote videos

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The first keynote at the SAGT Conference was by Paul Lister. He bought the Alladale reserve and shared stories of his projects to reintroduce animal species and work in a number of locations, including Romania.


There were a number of films which he shared, which will be of interest to geographers.
Untamed Romania is one of them - available on Netflix. Also check out Wild Carpathia for more on this region.



The second was by Peter Cairns, who has been involved in creating a video called Scotland: the Big Picture. He shared some of the ideas around rewiliding the country.


We were told that the UK is one of the most nature depeleted countries in the world.

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world with about half of its biodiversity left.

The country may not have enough biodiversity - the variety of plant and animal life - to prevent an ecological meltdown, researchers said.

It has just 53% of biodiversity left, well below the global average of 75%, according to the Natural History Museum.

Both figures are below the 90% level that experts believe is needed to prevent the world from tipping into an “ecological recession”.

Ecological recession could lead to a future in which ecosystems do not have enough biodiversity to function well, leading to crop failures and infestations that could cause shortages in food, energy and materials.

I will be sharing some elements of my session in a later post.

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