Brendan Dunford is manager of www.burrenprogramme.com which employs an innovative results-based payment system to incentivise farmers to improve local biodiversity, water quality and landscape, delivering consistent social, economic and environmental gains since 2010. Brendan is a founder of www.burrenbeo.com –a leading advocate for place-based learning and community stewardship in Ireland – and a founder of www.farmingfornature.ie which aims to acknowledge, celebrate and support farmers across Europe who work to protect nature. In 2011 he became an Ashoka Fellow and in 2018 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his work in championing biodiversity.