The current theme of the Sibthorp Trust's work is 'Ecosystems and Human Health', with particular emphasis on its relevance for policy making in the UK. More detail on the background for this theme is available here.

The Trust held a workshop at the University of Liverpool on 4th and 5th July 2007 which aimed to take a critical look at the evidence for the link between ecosystems and human health and examine some of the policy implications of these links for the UK. The workshop focussed on three key aspects of this broad topic:

 - the influence of access to green spaces and nature on well-being;
 - the current and potential future threats to human health from diseases in the wild that can be transmitted to humans;
 - and the role of ecosystems in reducing the exposure of people to pollutants.

This workshop followed on from a scoping seminar held in November 2006 (more details here).

The presentations from the workshop are available here and will form the basis of the third Sibthorp publication.