Action for Conservation
Hendrikus van Hensbergen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Action for Conservation, an organization established in 2014 to empower young people aged 12-24 to engage with environmental issues. Under Hendrikus's leadership, Action for Conservation has grown into a recognized charity operating across the UK, employing 18 full-time staff, and raising significant funding. In addition to this role, Hendrikus is an author for Penguin Random House, having published the book *How You Can Save the Planet*, aimed at inspiring youth to take environmental action. Hendrikus also serves as an Advisory Panel Member for the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation's Our Natural World Strategy and has held previous positions including Forest Policy Manager at WWF-UK and Sustainability Manager at the Timber Trade Federation. Educationally, Hendrikus holds an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation & Management from the University of Oxford and a BSc in Zoology from the University of Bristol.
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Action for Conservation
About Us Action for Conservation is a UK youth environmental action charity (no. 1157297) that inspires and empowers young people aged 12-18, from diverse backgrounds across the UK, to become the next generation of environmental leaders. To us, being a ‘conservationist’ or ‘environmentalist' doesn't just mean following a career as a field biologist or a campaigner. We believe that a passion for nature can flow through anyone's life, whatever their day-job. We inspire today's young people to a long-term belief in the wonder of the natural world, which will shape their dreams and actions however their life turns out. Trustees Professor David Macdonald CBE, FRSE, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), Oxford University. Dr Robert Macfarlane MA, PhD (Cantab), MPhil (Oxon), Honorary Doctorate of Letters Universities of Aberdeen and Gloucestershire, Fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Alex Mills, barrister at 23 Essex Street Chambers. Aoife Bennett-Curry, former teacher conservationist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and PhD candidate, University of Oxford. John Fanshawe, Senior Strategy Advisor at Birdlife International and the Arts, Science and Conservation Adviser to the Cambridge Conservation Initiative Advisors Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Director General of the National Trust. Dame Joan McVittie DBE, former Headteacher of Woodside High School, London and National Leader in Education. Alex Kelly, education entrepreneur and founder of the Access Project and Unifrog.