 In 2005 and 2006, he backed a BirdLife International project to stop the killing of albatross by longline fishing boats.He gave public support to WWF's campaign to have 220,000 square kilometres of Borneo's rainforest designated a protected area.He also serves as a vice-president of BTCV, vice-president of Fauna and Flora International, president of Butterfly Conservation and president of Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.