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26 Apr 2021: Journal club on Hoffmann et al 2019 paper titled "Predicted climate shifts within terrestrial protected areas worldwide". As always, please let me know if any of you want to do the introduction.

25 Feb 2021: Earth Optimism will be happening in conjunction with the Cambridge Festival between 26 March & 4 April 2021 Given the crisis facing nature, it is all too easy to give up hope. Yet, around the globe, we are winning the fight to protect the natural

13 Sep 2021: The CambPlants Hub is coordinating the University's participation at REAP Conference 2021 on 10 November, and there are opportunities for you to contribute your research for promotion on the University's stand. We are promoting relevant research and

16 Feb 2021: In honor of World Pangolin Day, February 20, 2021, Save Pangolins is hosting a virtual charity run in support of our conservation programs.

8 Jul 2021: Please join us for our annual Conservation Research Institute conference on Friday 15 October 2021. To keep everyone safe and well, a full COVID risk assessment will be completed – hand sanitiser will be provided and the room will be fully

12 Jul 2021: In our next weekly group meeting we are delighted to welcome Sylvie Estrela, a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, to give a talk on her eLife paper titled "Nutrient dominance governs the a

7 Jun 2021: In our next Tuesday group meeting, we will be holding a journal club to discuss the Cushman et al. 2021 paper on Scientific Reports titled "Impact of a tropical forest blowdown on aboveground carbon balance".

24 May 2021: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. CSG Journal Club. Join the Conservation Science Group Journal Club to discuss the recent publication titled 'Ecosystem integrity is neither real nor valuable.'.

12 Feb 2021: Just a gentle reminder about our Food for Thought Coffee Break TODAY at 2.30pm to hear from and discuss with Dr Emma Garnett what approaches work to increase vegetarian sales and reduce meat consumption. Please use the Zoom link below https://us02web

16 Aug 2021: Hedge hoardings is a walk around Kings Hedges, following the ward’s ancient hedgerows, discovering plants and foraging. Led by artist Hermione Spriggs and local forager/historian Cab Davidson, this event explores hedges as edible places that offer

28 Jun 2021: CCI Priority Area Project CCI have identified four priority areas which will form the focus of their efforts over the next ten years. They are consulting the whole CCI community to gather ideas for projects which can address these areas. As such we

26 Feb 2021: The Call for Submissions for Climate Exp0 has been extended to 10 March 2021.

12 May 2021: Title: Subject formation through the influence of conservation governance: A feminist intersectional approach to neoliberal environmentality Abstract: Research on environmentality has provided insights on subject formation through the influence of

1 Jun 2021: Cambridge City Council and Cambridge Doughnut Economics Action Group (CamDEAG) are working together to create a city portrait of Cambridge, to help us live in a fairer society within the planet’s boundaries. They are in the early stages of this

16 Aug 2021: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi play a major role in 'feeding' plants the nutrients they need to grow. This event provides a microscopic view of what is feeding all the plants around us; making these seemingly invisible networks visible.

15 Mar 2021: We are delighted to launch our Conservation Research Institute Summer 2021 Studentship open to undergraduates at the University of Cambridge. We have a total of 10 great projects which will take place in July or August 2021 and will last for one

10 Aug 2021: Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The

15 Jan 2021: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has currently an open call (here) on "Small farming innovations for small-scale producers" and focuses are various countries in Africa and Asia. The call focuses on upscaling of smart farming solutions that

25 Oct 2021: ‘Crafting usable knowledge for sustainable development’. We will give a brief intro to the paper at the start and then have a discussion about our thoughts and ideas that were sparked.

10 May 2021: Next week, we have three speakers joining us: Chris Sandbrook, University of Cambridge, cgs21@cam.ac.uk Douglas Clark, University of Saskatchewan, d.clark@usask.ca Trishant Simlai, University of Cambridge, tts25@cam.ac.uk They’re going to be