Tag: Biodiversity

29th March 2017 Tokyo

Head of Science and Innovation (Japan), British Embassy Tokyo

Behind the scenes at the museum: treasures from the natural world draw the crowds in Japan

A visit to one of London’s museums, with free entrance to the public, is one of the highlights of a trip to the capital for many tourists. For the Natural History Museum, a world-famous attraction, foreign visitors now make up around 60% of the five million people enjoying its galleries, exhibitions, events and education programmes […]

7th April 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

by David Campbell

A Visit to UBD’s Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre

I recently had the chance to visit UBD’s Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre (KBFSC). With me on this day long Saturday trip were colleagues from London and the High Commission, as well as James Margrove, an intern from the University of Aberdeen who recently guest blogged about his research work in Brunei. My main interest […]

15th April 2013

by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

Country matters

Standing in his moleskins in a grove of gum trees in rural Victoria, British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson looked every inch the countryman. Me, in my dark suit, not so much. He was here with scientific and policy officials to look at several aspects of Australian agriculture. The […]

"Call of Life": The European premiere

On 31 May the British Embassy’s conference hall was (not for the first time) turned into a cinema. I co-hosted the evening screening of the film “Call of Life: Facing Mass Extinction” with the Hungarian State Secretary for the Environment, Zoltan Illes. This was far from the first time we worked together. The history of […]

29th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada

by Nicole Arbour

Adventures in Arctic Biodiversity

Elinor, our intern here at the British High Commission in Ottawa, has kindly agreed to share her experience at the recent Arctic Biodiversity Symposium that was held in Ottawa, at the Canadian Museum of Nature this past week (November 18-19, 2010). See below for her take on what its happening in the world of Canadian Arctic […]