Future Countryside 2025
Tuesday 20 May, Chatsworth House
9.00: Arrival and coffee
9.30: Welcome - Nick Herbert, and Julian Glover, co-founders of Future Countryside
9.35: Welcome from William Burlington, Chatsworth House
9.45: Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A, on the cultural and heritage role of the countryside
WHAT IS THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR - GREEN V GROWTH
10.05: Michael Gove in discussion with Julian Glover on the challenges facing the government about the countryside
10.30: Big room conversation
11.00: COFFEE BREAK
11.20: Provocations on land use and the challenges facing the countryside
Introduction and Chair – Alice Thomson, The Times
What works for the…
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Access to the countryside - Yvonne Witter, Chair of Trustees at Peak District Mosaic
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Housing and planning - Roger Mortlock, Chief Executive at CPRE
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Rewilding, land use and land ownership - Professor Alastair Driver, Rewilding Specialist
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Nature - Jo Smith, CEO of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
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Carbon offsetting/tree planting - Dr Anna Brown, Director of Forest Services, Forestry Commission
12.00: Roundtable discussions on the provocations
12.30: Tom Bradshaw, NFU in conversation with Jake Fiennes – reflect on family farms, SFI and wider countryside issues
1.00-2.15: LUNCH
NATURE/HEALTH/WELL-BEING AND YOUNG PEOPLE
2.15: Dr Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, in conversation with Sarah Mukherjee, CEO of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
2.35: Kathy Willis, professor of biodiversity at Oxford University, James Bethell, former health minister and Tracey Bleakley, Norfolk and Waveney ICB, in conversation about how the natural environment can improve health outcomes
3.00: COFFEE BREAK
3.15: Panel discussion chaired by Emily Norton, rural and farming policy champion with McDonald's young farmers & Peak District Youth Impact Collective on Gen Z’s view of the countryside
4.15: Closing plenary – Julian Glover and Nick Herbert
4.30: Wrap up and close