Lake with green woodland on the surrounding hills

Strategic Nature Network Advisory Group

A guiding body for the Strategic Nature Network

Meet the SNN Advisory Group

  • Evan Bowen-Jones, Rebuilding Nature and Wilder Carbon

    Evan Bowen Jones

    Co-Founder Rebuilding Nature, Founder Wilder Carbon

  • Jenny Merriman

    Director (Nature Advisory) WSP

  • Steve Spittle

    Driving Space-Enabled Solutions for Sustainability

  • Joseph Lowe

    Political Economist and Chartered Statistician. Adviser, Analyst, Author Editor and Trainer

  • Andy Brown

    Sustainability thought leader

  • Sam Bower

    Head of Natural Environment Balfour Beatty

  • Lise Benningen

    Associate Director (Cities, Planning & Design) ARUP

  • Ben Hewlett

    Senior Biodiversity Advisor National Highways

  • James Harris

    Senior Policy Advisor National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)

  • Daneen Cowling

    Nature Recovery Spatial Specialist

  • Michael Smith

    Associate Director & Nature Finance Lead Accelar

  • Jonathan Nichols

    Senior Associate Director (Natural Capital) Jacobs

  • Tanith Cook

    Head of Conservation (Epping Forest) City of London Corporation

  • Joe Clancy

    Nature Recovery Coordinator City of Edinburgh Council

  • Joe Gough

    Biodiversity Policy and Nature Finance Advisor

  • Ian Rogers

    Chair, Weald to Waves Advisory Group

  • Louise McGowan

    Principal Advisor - Climate Change & Nature-based Solutions

  • Dr Colm Bowe

    Director of Liverpool Research Institute for Climate and Sustainability (LiRICS). Lead Natural Capital Hub. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). Development Manager at Nature North.

  • Bruce Winney

    Nature Recovery Lead, National Landscapes Association

The SNN Advisory Group's core objectives are to:

  • Provide technical expertise and input into the iterative creation of a Strategic Nature Network (SNN) to connect and restore ecosystems across the UK.
  • Input into the model blueprint and guidance for the establishment of Natural Investment Zones as foundational components of the SNN, driving ecosystem-level restoration and community engagement.
  • Promote the reinstatement of natural processes to enhance climate resilience and safeguard biodiversity.

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