Prof Amy Bogaard joins the Oxford University delegation to champion nature at UN biodiversity conference
Launching today, the United Nations Conference of the Parties for Biodiversity (COP15) will convene governments from nearly 200 countries to agree to a new set of goals to tackle the biodiversity crisis over the next decade. A range of academics from the University of Oxford are attending to help ensure the new framework is ambitious enough to not only halt but also reverse the global decline in species. The conference takes place from 7 to 19 December in Montreal, Canada.
Amy Bogaard is Professor of Neolithic and Bronze Age Archaeology and current head of the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology. Her research focuses on the nature of early farming and its wider ecological and social consequences. She said: ‘The biodiversity crisis is a global problem and requires coordinated action at that scale. I am keen to gauge how archaeologists can help improve understanding of the causes of biodiversity change over time. This deep-time perspective can inform action to reverse biodiversity loss in the future.’
