Chris Packham, Isabella Tree and Philip Lymbery

BBC wildlife presenter and animal activist Chris Packham, author and conservationist Isabella Tree and chief executive of Compassion in World Farming Philip Lymbery discuss why we should care about nature and how we can put a value on it when a tree is worth more dead than alive.

Packham is a naturalist, television presenter, writer, photographer, conservationist, campaigner and filmmaker. He is best known for his environmental and animal welfare activism.  His television credits include Springwatch and Earth for the BBC and Is it Time to Break the Law? for Channel 4. He runs independent campaigns aimed at nature recovery and ending animal cruelty. His books include Chris Packham’s Birdwatching Guide: From Beginner to Birder and Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir.

Tree lives in the middle of a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex. She is author of six books including Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm, winner of the Richard Jefferies Society Literature Award, and of The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding Big and Small, co-written with her husband Charlie Burrell. The couple are winners of the Zoological Society of London’s Silver Medal. Tree is currently working on a book about the reintroduction of white storks to Britain.

Lymbery is global chief executive of Compassion in World Farming International, which supports farm animal welfare and food systems transformation in more than 40 countries. He is a photographer and naturalist and author of acclaimed books including Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future, Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were and Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat.

In association with Compassion in World Farming.