Endorsement Statements

The message of Butterfly World is already spreading its wings and taking flight. The project is exciting and capturing the imagination of important and influential people in the world of conservation as well as in public life locally and nationally.

The people who have lent their support to this inspiring project have been invaluable in raising awareness of its importance and allowing Butterfly World to reach this
significant milestone:

Sir David Attenborough, Patron , Butterfly World Trust and Butterfly Conservation President
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Professor David Bellamy, Chief Trustee of Butterfly World Trust
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Professor Jeremy Thomas, Butterfly World Trustee and Prof of Ecology in the Dept Zoology, Oxford University
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John Calvert, Co-founder, Butterfly World
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Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
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Emilia Fox, Patron and Actress
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Dr Martin Warren, Chief Executive, Butterfly Conservation
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Mark Rose, Chief Executive Officer, Flora & Fauna International
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William Blakemore, Registrar & Chief Executive, Royal Entomological Society Click here to download in PDF format

Julie Stubbs, Conservation Biologist, Wildlife Trusts
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Professor John Pickett, Head of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research and Patron , Butterfly World Trust
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Anne Main, MP for St Albans
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Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury and Patron , Butterfly World Trust
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Jim Knight MP, Minister for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity
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Adam Wood, Partnership Director, Hertfordshire Prosperity
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Councillor Brian Peyton, Harpenden East Ward, St Albans & District Local Strategic Partnership
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21st October 2008

– 1st UK showcase for outstanding contemporary sustainable garden design attracts globally acclaimed designers –

Future Gardens, the launch-pad of Phase I of Butterfly World Project, which was launched by Sir David Attenborough and David Bellamy earlier this year , has attracted a range of globally acclaimed designers and exciting emerging talent for its inaugural designer garden event that will run from June – October 2009 ............

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18th June 2008

 - Construction begins on the £25m Butterfly World Project -

 - Actress Emilia Fox lends her support to the conservation scheme -

Work began today on the £25m Butterfly World Project with the construction of the eco-friendly access road to the site. Once complete, the project will be a world-class visitor attraction and a massive conservation initiative located just off the M25, near St Albans ............

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12th March 2008

Attenborough urges us to heed the plight of the butterfly

- £25m project plans to help reverse 76% decline in UK butterfly species -

Sir David Attenborough marked the start of construction on Butterfly World, a world-class pioneering project, with a stark conservation warning:

“More than three quarters of British butterfly species have declined in the last 20 years, some of them very rapidly. That is worrying not least because............"

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