Tropical forest restoration (FORRU); Thailand

Tropical forest restoration (FORRU); Thailand

While employed at the Eden Project Pete Whitbread-Abrutat developed and managed the partnership between Eden and the Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU), based at Thailand’s University of Chiang Mai. FORRU has successfully combined academic ecological research...
‘From the Earth’ mining exhibit; Eden Project

‘From the Earth’ mining exhibit; Eden Project

While working at the Eden Project as the manager of the strategic partnership between Eden and Rio Tinto, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat drove the concept, design, research, development and delivery of Eden’s flagship exhibit about the mining industry, viewed by one million...
Developing the Post-Mining Alliance

Developing the Post-Mining Alliance

While working at the Eden Project as manager of the strategic partnership between Eden and Rio Tinto, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat was instrumental in the conceptual and organisational development of the Post-Mining Alliance – a group based at the Eden Project that aimed to...
Restoring forests after surface coal mining, WCMT; USA

Restoring forests after surface coal mining, WCMT; USA

While Exploring World Class Landscape Restoration for his Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship, Pete researched the context, challenges, motivations and research of the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative, (ARRI) and its allied projects,...
European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR)

European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR)

While working at the Eden Project, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat was invited by Cornwall Council to act as the Cornwall Regional Coordinator for the 30-month European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR) project. Cornwall has a very long and very proud history of metal and china...