A meeting is being held on 7^th February 2023 to bring together University of Warwick researchers interested in the broad field of biodiversity and ecosystem services with colleagues from Coventry City and Warwickshire councils to discuss potential areas of collaboration, particularly relating to implementation of the Environment Act. A key aim of the meeting is to build a cross-faculty network of researchers in this area.

Please contact Gary Bending (gary.bending@warwick.ac.uk) for further information.

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