SATURDAY, 20st JANUARY 2024

John Martin

Head of Policy and Advocacy, RSPB NI

John Martin has worked in the environmental NGO sector in Northern Ireland for a decade, focusing on sustainable land use management, water quality, forestry, as well as climate and marine conservation. Throughout this time, John has made representation in the Stormont Assembly, the Dáil Éireann, Westminster, and the European Parliament and Commission. He currently leads a Policy and Advocacy team focusing on policy and legislation which will have the biggest positive impact for nature and people in the long term. John is also a non-executive director for the Mourne Mountain Heritage Trust, which seeks to sustainably manage the Mourne ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’. In 2021, John was appointed by the environment minister to the Council for Nature Conservation in the Countryside to advise the NI Executive on issues relating to conservation.