Panel Discussion: 'Measuring what matters: biodiversity metrics for business and finance'

11 February 2026

Portrait of Professor Nathalie Seddon

with Professor Nathalie Seddon
 Professor of Biodiversity

Nathalie Seddon is Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford. She has broad interests in understanding the origins and maintenance of biodiversity and its relationship with global change. Nathalie trained as a...

This panel discussion explores how biodiversity science can better inform decisions in business, finance, government and other bodies.

Panel:

Professor Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, University of Oxford (Chair)
Dr Elizabeth Boakes, Conservation Scientist, RSPB Conservation Science Monitoring Team 
Professor Andy Purvis, Research Leader, Natural History Museum, London
Professor Kate Jones, Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity, University College London
Professor Mark Blaxter, Head of the Tree of Life Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Professor Anjali Goswami, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director General Science, Data and Analysis, DEFRA