Honey Bee Threats, Regenerative Farming & UK Climate Change and Agriculture on The Country Telegraph

Threats to Honey Bee in Australia and Worldwide with Dr Cooper Schouten, Senior Research Fellow at Southern Cross University.

Dr Cooper Schouten is a Senior Research Fellow and Director of Southern Cross Universities Bee Research and Extension Lab. Coopers research focuses on strategic beekeeping industry development with an applied focus to provide direct benefits to beekeeping businesses.

Cooper has experience working in several countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

He is a keen beekeeper with experience working with commercial beekeeping operations. Executive Member of the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council.

Innovations in Regenerative Farming with Dr Robert Verkerk, Founder - Alliance For Natural Health International.

Rob Verkerk, Ph.D. is the founder, Executive and Scientific Director of the Alliance for Natural Health International (anhinternational.org) as well as the Executive and Scientific Director of the Alliance for Natural Health USA (anh-usa.org). For over four decades, he has worked at the interface of science, law, and policy to protect and promote human and environmental natural health, natural justice, and fundamental rights.

With MSc and PhD degrees from Imperial College London in sustainable agriculture, and several years of postdoctoral research in agroecology, Rob has gone to work with some of the world's top lawyers applying his scientific expertise to defending access to natural medicines, nutritional supplements, regenerative farming, and health choice.

Under his leadership, ANH has run landmark campaigns and legal actions against regulatory overreach, challenged restrictions on natural health products, and advanced policy reforms to safeguard individual freedoms.

An internationally recognised speaker, author, and advocate, Rob works with grassroots communities, practitioners, innovative companies and policymakers worldwide to ensure that the right to natural health remains protected for current and future generations.

UK Climate Change Committee's Recommendations on agriculture and its impact on an already struggling sector with Andrew Montford, Director Net Zero Watch.

Andrew Montford is the director of Net Zero Watch, a UK-based organisation that campaigns for rational climate and energy policies. He is also the author of The Hockey Stick Illusion, a best-selling book about the infamous Hockey Stick graph.

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