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At #LandTalks @ClovellyLecture today Jonathan Baker, Policy Lead from #DEFRA discussed the future of farming, Environmental Land Management #ELM and better rewards for farmers; Alex Robinson on unlocking nature's capital

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Jonathan Baker, Policy Lead from #DEFRA discussed the future of farming, Environmental Land Management #ELM and better rewards for farmers; Alex Robinson on unlocking nature's capital

Sir Mark concludes by pointing towards fiction to determine what it will be like in a 100 years post nation states : a #GlobalGovernment? post-apocalyptic groupings based on #tribal units ?


Mass Migration and Terrorism acting as a huge pressure on the nation state!


Governments finding it increasingly difficult to control the internet. Corporations and Religions do not respect borders


The EU has taken power away from the nation state


The nation-state a relatively late concept and the reality is that the pressures on it are enormous


Sir Mark Lyall Grant thinks we are coming to the end of the nation-state with power seeping away from Governments


Britain's special relationship with the #US is unequal


We must be careful not to destroy what we built up in the last 75 years


We need to find ways to co-operate with China. Americans perhaps can at this stage but at a later stage it will be detrimental to them


We cannot afford to have another #coldwar with #China


Bringing #India into as many #alliances possible is very important according to the speaker


#China most opposed to the expansion of the security council - anti #Japan anti #India


#China worried about India's growth


Q from the Director: How can #India help as a free and liberal democracy in the Pacific?


It was quite clear according to Sir Mark that #ScottishIndependence would be more damaging than #Brexit


UK diplomats represent the underlying characteristics of the United Kingdom that transcend political boundaries


The UK remains the 3rd top #Cyber Power in the world


There is no inherent reason why Britain's place should be down because of Brexit.


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