Environmental Management: The Basics

Lynda Warren is a marine biologist and environmental lawyer with a long career as a university academic. She is presently Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law at Aberystwyth University and teaches on the LLM in Environmental Law and Management. Her main research interest has been how law and science are used in developing and implementing environmental policy, with a focus on two main areas: radioactive waste management and nature conservation.

She has recently worked on various government bodies as an independent advisor and consultant. She was a member of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee for 10 years; then became a member of the Committee on RadioactiveWaste Management (CoRWM); and now leads the Public and Stakeholder Group of the re-constituted CoRWM.

Professor Warren has sat on the board of both the Countryside Council for Wales, and the Environment Agency, where she was responsible for fisheries and also acted as conservation champion. She is currently deputy chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, taking a special interest in marine conservation. She is also a member of the board of the British Geological Survey; and of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, which is currently producing a report on adaptation to climate change.