Full Name
Liz Bonnin
Job Title
Science, Natural History & Environmental Broadcaster
Company
President of the Wildlife Trust
Speaker Biography
Liz Bonnin is a biochemistry graduate with a master’s degree in wild animal biology, during which she carried out a research project on the diet of tigers in Nepal. Since then, the science, natural history, and environmental broadcaster has presented over 40 primetime TV programs, including the BBC's BAFTA-winning “Blue Planet Live,” “Super Smart Animals,” and “Galapagos,” a three-part series that saw her document groundbreaking scientific research and descend to a depth of 1,000 meters in a submersible —the deepest anyone had gone on the archipelago. Other work includes her landmark documentary “Drowning in Plastic”, which investigated the ocean plastic crisis and raised public debate on this important topic, winning both a prestigious RTS Award and a Grierson Award. Her recent projects include “Our Changing Planet” which began airing on BBC One in the Spring of 2022. The series is a definitive seven-year diary, documenting the fight to save our planet's most threatened ecosystems. Bonnin also hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live podcast “What Planet Are We On?”, exploring climate change and our relationship with the natural world, which included guests David Attenborough, Idris Elba, and Christiana Figueres. More recently she hosted a six-part podcast on the story of the Mariana Dam collapse - the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history - and the fight for justice since, which has led to the case being brought to the U.K. courts.
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