London is a very wild city, boasting over 1600 designated wildlife sites and nature reserves. Despite comprising over 20% of the city’s land area, many are isolated from each other and under-managed for biodiversity, increasing their vulnerability to climate change and development, and reducing opportunities for public engagement with urban nature. Based on his own experiences as a wildlife campaigner in London and his time on the Mayor of London’s Rewilding Taskforce, Kabir Kaul will explore several challenges of recovering nature in the capital, and recent, successful interventions that have sought to overcome them.
Bio: Kabir is an 18-year-old conservationist, wildlife writer and a passionate advocate for London’s biodiversity. He is an RSPB Youth Councillor, London National Park City Ranger and Director of Environment & Conservation at Middlesex Heritage. When he was 13, he created a popular interactive map, Nature Reserves of London, showing every nature reserve and designated wildlife site in the capital.
CORRECTION: 22:49, when describing the example of the green roof in Greenwich. Greenwich now has the third-largest area of green roof in London, (as of 2021).
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