Peter Taylor is an independent scientist, author and consultant specialising in ecosystem analysis and policy. He has degrees in Natural Sciences (1970) and Social Anthropology (1976) from the University of Oxford. He is currently a founder and associate of the Environmental Studies Institute in Santa Cruz, California; the Wildland Research Institute at Leeds University, England; and the Institute for Life-based Architecture at Furth am Wald, Bavaria. He has been an advisor to governments, the EU and the UN on environmental policy, and has published several books and papers on ocean pollution, conservation strategies and energy policy.