Nature Conservation : The Uneasy Line Between Care & Control

A panel discussion on the relationships between humans and animals, particularly the uneasy line between practices of care and control.

Chaired by Marianna Dudley, Writer & Environmental Historian, the panel will be introducing their books and discussing nature conservationism, and the practices of care and control.

About the Panel

Chantal Lyons is a naturalist, writer and science communicator. Her first book, Groundbreakers, won the Marsh Book of the Year 2024 and was also shortlisted and highly commended for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation. Chantal currently lives in Gloucester, never too far from the boar.

Sophie Pavelle is a US-born and UK-based science communicator. She worked for Beaver Trust and presented their award-winning documentary Beavers Without Borders. She is an Ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts and sat on the RSPB England Advisory Committee. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, National Geographic Traveller, New Scientist, The Independent and BBC magazines. Her first book, Forget Me Not, was widely praised for encouraging action against climate change and biodiversity loss.

Hugh Warwick is an author and ecologist with a particular passion for hedgehogs. His most recent book, Cull of the Wild, however, takes him into new, and challenging, territory as he explores the tensions that arise when conservationists are faced with the prospect of killing one species to save another. These tensions are practical and ethical and - spoiler alert - there are no easy answers!