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Sian Watts

Sian Watts is part of the Biodiversity Targets team in Defra, working on Pollinators and Biodiversity Pressures. As well as having oversight of pressures and engagement, she also leads on the organisation of Bees’ Needs Week, the Bees’ Needs Champions Awards and provides support to the Pollinator Advisory Steering Group. She is also responsible for leading on Green Jobs and Skills for nature on behalf of Defra.

Trees for bees: how Wakehurst is using citizen science to help pollinators

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image of the Nature Unlocked team at Wakehurst conducting pollination research in an open field

In our second post to celebrate Bees’ Needs Week, Senior Policy advisor Sian Watts sat down with Wakehurst’s pollination research lead Dr Janine Griffiths-Lee, to find out how they use citizen science to help pollinators.

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