Ask Professor Sir John Lawton!
Friday 13th January 2012
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Professor Sir John Lawton, photo by Jess Bersey
SWT is thrilled to give you the opportunity to ask Professor Sir John Lawton, author of Making Space for Nature and Chairman of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, your questions about the Natural Environment White Paper, Nature Improvement Areas or simply about your favourite nature reserve or what is lurking at the bottom of your garden.
John is the former Chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and was formerly Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council (1999-2005). He is a passionate natural historian (particularly birds, botany and bugs). He trained as a zoologist at the University of Durham, and subsequently held posts at Oxford and York Universities, and Imperial College London.
He was elected FRS in 1989, awarded a CBE in 1997 and knighted in 2005 for his contributions to ecological science. He has been awarded numerous other national and international prizes.
SWT will be gathering your questions over the next 10 days. Respond via Facebook , Twitter @WildSheffield or email website@wildsheffield.com.
We will be putting a selection of your questions to Sir John later this month and will publish his responses on facebook and our website shortly afterwards.