By speacker > Gillson Lindsey

Global environmental challenges can only be addressed by multifaceted approaches that integrate biodiversity conservation with sustainability targets. While multi-disciplinary research is helping to define a safe operating space for humanity, as yet there is relatively little use of palaeoecological data in defining how close we are to environmental and ecological tipping points.

In this keynote talk, I will argue that a past-present-future perspective is vital to developing realistic future scenarios, and in informing management options that maintain and restore ecological function, and that sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services.