Dave Pritchard

Dave Pritchard is an influential figure in contemporary agendas on art and the environment.  In a 25-year career based mainly at the RSPB, BirdLife International’s partner organisation in the UK, and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat in Switzerland, he has had roles as international legal and policy specialist, advocate, book author, senior manager and board director.

Dave is a Board Member of the UK Government's Joint Nature Conservation Committee, and also served two terms on the Board of Wetlands International.  He has had a particularly long and central association with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; and has played roles in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, in the governing bodies and technical committees of other Conventions, and in UNESCO.

In relation to cultural issues, Dave acts as an independent consultant, and persistently champions the building of stronger links between the worlds of environmental policy, cultural heritage and the creative arts.  He is a practising artist, writer, researcher, member of several arts-sector working groups and Boards, and project adviser/collaborator in a number of pioneering environmental arts initiatives.