EoB Conference Programme

Economics of Biodiversity programme conference, 16th-17th September 2025, Royal Geographical Society, London

Author

Liam Crowther

Published

September 15, 2025


16th September

11:30-               Registration

12:30-13:30    Lunch

14.00-14.15    Opening remarks (Richard Field)

14:15-16:30    SESSION 1: NATURAL CAPITAL (Chair: Richard Field)

14:15-14:30    Introduction (Rosie Hails)

14:30-14:45    Plural values of nature: A cross-disciplinary exploration of instrumental, intrinsic, relational, and shared dimensions (Ebere Ihemezie, NAVIGATE project)

14:45-15:00    Building a shared understanding of who makes decisions, why accountability and trust matter, and the variability of these at different scales of decisions (Jan Bebbington, TRUSTWORTHY FRAMEWORKS project)

15:00-15:15    Accounting for additionality in the presence of deforestation and regrowth (Ben Balmford, BIOADD project)

15:15-15:45    Coffee Break

15:45-16:00    How do coastal habitats contribute to climate regulation and nutrient bioremediation? (Stefanie Broszeit and Gordon Watson, SEA THE VALUE project)

16:00-16:15    Nature positive planning: a comparative exploration of how nature planning tools support biodiversity conservation decision-making (Gloria Osei and Robert Barker, BIURBS project)

16:15-16:30    Shifting soundscapes and the implications for human health and well-being (Simon Butler, VALUING SOUNDSCAPES project)

16:30-17:00    Panel discussion (session speakers as panel members)

17:00-18:00    Launch of exhibition and poster session

17th September

08.30-9.00       Coffee

09:00-11:45    SESSION 2: VALUATION (Chair: Kelly Widdicks)

09:00-09:15    Introduction (James Vause)

09:15-09:30    Valuing nature’s plural dimensions: Can economic approaches capture and differentiate instrumental, intrinsic, relational, and shared values (Mike Christie, NAVIGATE project)

09:30-09:45    Forest conservation policy, additionality and socio-environmental implications (Sarah Meier, BIOADD project)

09:45-10:00    Valuing biodiversity in multi-functional urban development and environments (Jessica Lamond and Ada Wossink, BIURBS project)

10:00-10:30    Coffee Break

10:30-10:45    Participatory mapping to support coastal communities to ‘Sea the Value’ of marine restoration initiatives (Daryl Burdon, SEA THE VALUE project)

10:45-11:00    Methods and challenges of measuring  biodiversity for the credits market (Franziska Schrodt, BIODIVERSTIY CREDITS project)

11:00-11:15    The economic value of birdsong (Nick Hanley, VALUING SOUNDSCAPES project)

11:15-11:45    Panel discussion (session speakers as panel members)

12:00-13:00    Lunch

13:00-15:30    SESSION 3: GREEN FINANCE/DECISION MAKING (Chair: Simon Butler)

13:00-13:15    Introduction (Ece Ozdemiroglu)

13:15-13:30    Co-designing Virtual Labs for trustworthy & accountable environmental decision making (David Green, TRUSTWORTHY FRAMEWORKS project)

13:30-13:45    How early market actors view voluntary Biodiversity Credits: Drivers and barriers (Gamze Yakar-Pritchard and Andrew Greenman, BIODIVERSITY CREDITS project)

13:45-14:15    Coffee Break

14:15-14:30    Using a natural capital approach to link monetary valuation to finance (Ian Dickie, SEA THE VALUE project)

14:30-14:45    Conservation strategies in contested environments: dynamic Monte Carlo simulations and a Bolivian case study (Diana Weinhold and Lykke Andersen, BIOADD project)

14:45-15:00    From valuation to decision-making: Opportunities and barriers to embedding nature’s plural values in policy (Tere Gómez Osorio, NAVIGATE project)

15:00-15:30    Panel discussion (session speakers as panel members) & Closing remarks