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This year on National Meadows Day, we are campaigning for the protection of irreplaceable meadows – and we need your help!
Our wildflower meadows are a powerful ally in the fight against climate change – but they are in trouble!
“Will you help protect and restore irreplaceable habitats?”
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We are inviting our members to virtually spend a day with us and find our more about Plantlife’s ongoing conservation work, which has been made possible thanks to your valued support.
Jane leads Plantlife to champion the conservation of wild plants and fungi and deliver nature and climate solutions worldwide. She is a passionate and highly experienced conservation leader with a focus on collaboration and innovation to scale up impact and has worked internationally the last 30 years, connecting local and global solutions. Most notably Jane served as CEO of Wetlands International for 19 years after working for WWF in Europe and Australia. She became the first Executive Director of the Global Commons Alliance, furthering earth system science as a basis for systems change, before joining Plantlife in July 2025. Jane’s ecological research and conservation work began in the UK including working in senior roles for the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the Broads Authority. Jane has a love of wild places and is a keen amateur botanist. “Plantlife has a tremendous role to play in driving and delivering a nature and people positive future globally. I am honoured to work with this talented and passionate team, trustees, volunteers and partners to make this happen.’ Jane lives in North Norfolk together with her husband Greer where they are active in local conservation groups. Apart from being in nature, Jane enjoys tennis, cycling, painting and pottery.
David is the Founding Director of the MannionDaniels Group with companies in Africa, Asia and Europe. His work has focused on advising governments and donors on health sector policy and planning with a focus on fragile and conflict-affected states. Previously, David worked for the UK Department for International Development (now Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office) and the European Commission covering health, population and nutrition across Latin America, Middle East and North Africa and Asia regions. He has worked with non-governmental organisations such as MSF and HealthNet International and is a founding Member of AmplifyChange and the Menstrual Cup Coalition and is a trustee of the Bath & West Community Energy Fund. Originally trained as a zoologist, he has held a lifelong passion for natural history both at home in the UK and through his travels overseas.
With Rachel’s experience in managing protected sites across Wales and a strong focus on rare plants, the role of project manager for Plantlife’s Glaswelltiroedd Gwydn (Resilient Grasslands) project represents an ideal fit. This talk will explore how Plantlife Cymru is collaborating with and supporting farmers and landowners to promote more sustainable, nature-friendly farming and grassland management in Wales—and why farmers are among the most valuable allies in conservation.
Alistair is the Head of Plantlife Scotland, leading a team of six Scotland-based staff delivering Plantlife’s work on grasslands, temperate rainforest, and species recovery, as well as managing Plantlife’s only Scottish nature reserve, a 1200-hectare blanket bog site in the Flow Country in Caithness. Alistair has a background in land management, having spent most of his career managing nature reserves for a range of NGOs and statutory bodies.
Ben began his career in nature conservation as a volunteer at the age of 16, and went on to do a Masters degree in Conservation at UCL. He has spent over 20 years working in the landscape of the North Kent Downs, with 17 of those spent managing Ranscombe Farm Reserve with its truly unique assemblage of wildflowers. He is passionate about the history and landscape of the Kent countryside.
Rachel is the Head of Global at Plantlife, taking on the role in October of last year. Trained as a Zoologist, her experience in the global conservation sector spans almost two decades and much of her career has focused on delivering positive outcomes for biodiversity conservation through e.g., building capacity and strengthening networks of experts. She counts herself extremely fortunate to have worked with incredibly dedicated people and organisations, in many different countries, on many of the various challenges our natural world faces. Rachel is developing an ambitious global programme for Plantlife, to continue to raise the profile of plants and fungi in international policies and frameworks and scale up action through initiatives such as the Important Plant Area (IPA) programme and the Global Plant Conservation Strategy to deliver real impact on the ground.
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