Andrew Stringer is Head of Environment & Nature Recovery at Forestry England, the largest land manager in England.

He leads Forestry England's approach to nature recovery, driving the organisation's transformation into a national leader in large-scale ecological restoration and species recovery. He led the development of Forestry England's first Biodiversity Plan and now oversees an ambitious programme spanning more than 68,000 hectares of SSSIs, 15,000 hectares of Nature Networks, the restoration of 43,000 hectares of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS), and the expansion of dedicated wild areas from 3,000 to 38,000 hectares. A strong advocate for species recovery, Andrew has championed nationally significant conservation translocations and reintroductions, helping establish Forestry England as a leader in programmes involving beavers, pine martens, white-tailed eagles and golden eagles, and sits on England Species Reintroductions Taskforce.

A restoration ecologist by training, Andrew has worked across the public, charitable, academic and international conservation sectors for more than two decades. His career has taken him from the forests of Sierra Leone and Borneo to conservation projects across South Africa, New Zealand and the UK, working on the recovery and management of species ranging from chimpanzees and black rhinoceros to beavers and pine martens. He holds a PhD in Conservation Biology from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where his research focused on black rhinoceros conservation and population management.

In 2025, he was named in the ENDS Report Power List in recognition of his contribution to environmental leadership and nature recovery.