Plant Biosecurity for Local Authorities - Trainer

Wayne Priestley - APSE Associate Trainer

Wayne Priestley was previously the Principal Advisor for APSE’s environmental suite of services  which included: Parks and Greenspaces, Waste and Recycling and Cemeteries and Crematoria. 

Following early retirement, he is now an active APSE Associate with a continuing interest in these  areas and environmental issues in general. Before APSE, Wayne had a long career in local  government developing a broad knowledge base. During his time, as a member of APSE’s   secretariat, Wayne was involved in several environment related projects including the development of the new Land Audit Management System (LAMS) and contributed to the development of the National Litter Strategy for England.

He also provided information to support APSE’S contribution to the Government’s Parks Action Group. Wayne has also written a number of well-received research papers including the ‘State of UK Public Parks 2021’; ‘Post Pandemic: Green Urban Spaces’ and most recently, ‘Making space for nature in our burial grounds’. Wayne continues to keep up to date with the latest environmental developments and has a growing interest in how local authorities are addressing increasing biodiversity, ‘rewilding’, the glyphosate debate, and the impact of climate change on sustainable green spaces.