Biographical note

Dr Nick Reid is Emeritus Professor in Ecosystem Management and former Head of the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England, Australia. He is internationally renowned for his research on landscape revegetation, ecosystem restoration and management of biodiversity in production landscapes. Dr Rhiannon Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management in the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England. Her research focuses particularly on the measurement and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Australian agricultural sector. Dr David Johnson is a soil ecologist working on plant-soil interactions, ecology of mycorrhizal fungi and ecosystem processes in managed and natural ecosystems. Dr Johnson obtained a PhD from the University of Sheffield in 1998 and is now Professor of Soil Microbial Ecology at The University of Manchester. Dr Liz Lewis-Reddy is Director of ADAS Policy and Economics. With both her academic and professional background focused on revealing the cross-sectoral value (economic and ecological) of a healthy and resilient natural environment, Liz is a keen advocate of finding practical ways to do things differently and better for nature. She has UK wide experience of the means by which new markets can be established to trade the goods and services generated from sustainable land management. These include private and public sector agri-environment schemes, Nitrate and Carbon Trading platforms and blended finance instruments. Rudy van Diggelen is Professor at the University of Antwerp in the fields of ecohydrology and biodiversity. Since 1986 he has worked at several universities in western Europe (University of Utrecht, University of Groningen, University of Antwerp) in the field of Wetland Ecology. He has also been working for several decades on the possibilities of restoring highly disturbed systems ('restoration ecology'), partly as a project leader for studies on nature management and restoration at the Dutch Survival Plan for Nature and Woodland OBN, the Flemish Agency for Nature and Forestry ANB, the Walloon NGO Natagora, the Conservatoire Naturel de Hauts de France, and policy studies for the European Commission (DG Environment). He is member or chair of several commissions on nature management and restoration. Dr Chris Dickman is an Emeritus Professor in Ecology at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He is the recipient of several national and international awards, including New South Wales Plant and Animal Scientist of the Year in 2010. His work focuses mostly on mammals and other vertebrates, and encompasses wide-ranging projects in applied conservation and management, in particular seeking to understand and manage the impacts of introduced predators on native fauna.