Julia Knights: Ecology & Conservation Editor

A soil scientist and chartered horticulturalist, Julia has over 20 years experience in plant biodiversity, climate change, sustainable agriculture and conservation. For 12 years, Julia lived and worked in some of the greatest biodiversity hotspots in the world, including East China, Russia, and Latin America, overseeing major research funding programmes including for new plant species in the Amazon rainforest. Julia is a Trustee of Plantlife International and the Woodland Trust and is passionate about plants and fungi and addressing the urgent dual crises of climate change and nature loss.