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8 Sep 2023: A near total lack of transparency is making it impossible to assess the quality of corporate-led ecosystem restoration projects, a new study finds. 'The world’s largest corporations have the potential to lift ecosystem restoration efforts to an

7 Feb 2023: CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF CONSERVATION Come and discover the varied and vital work that goes in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative in the David Attenborough Building Conservation has many sides and is tackled in a wide variety of ways.

21 Aug 2023: https://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/baur/

31 Oct 2023: In her research, Simone Markoff is analyzing different pathways to enhance food security while simultaneously preserving biodiversity. With Tanzania as a case study, she is exploring how biodiversity would be impacted by an increase in crop

15 Feb 2023: CRI Seminar - Prof. Elizabeth Borer, University of Minnesota Energy, elements, elk, and elephants — climate, nutrients, and herbivores are shaping Earth’s grasslands Changing climate poses such existential challenges that we often equate global

17 Apr 2023: The International Ecology Institute (ECI, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany) is thrilled to announce that Prof. Bill Sutherland (University of Cambridge, UK) is the recipient of the 2023 ECI Prize in terrestrial ecology.

31 Oct 2023: My research focuses on the policies and economics of implementing low-carbon hydrogen energy in the GCC countries in the Middle East. The PhD is under the supervision of Professor Laura Diaz Anadon and Professor Shailaja Fennell. Previously, I

16 Jun 2023: Diversity in Conservation Panel Discussion Diversity and inclusion in the CCI: A sharing of views, experiences and perspectives to get us talking and help us be better. (In person only) Drinks will follow in the DAB Common Room.

8 Nov 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Dr Oscar Morton. Dr. Oscar Morton's research broadly centers around the trade and use of species, exploring the reasons behind the selection of specific species for particular purposes, evaluating the

25 Aug 2023: It is often assumed that protected areas such as natural parks preserve wildlife, but perhaps surprisingly, the evidence has been limited.

29 Sep 2023: The Smell of Money - UCCRI & CEENRG Documentary Film Screening Film Run Time: 1 hour 24 minutes Please join us for a film screening and Q&A jointly hosted by UCCRI and CEENRG with Jamie Berger, director of the documentary, “The Smell of Money.

21 Aug 2023: https://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/bindra/

16 Jan 2023: An excellent series of talks and a post-COP15 panel discussion is lined up for this term. See the poster for details. All talks are in the DAB Main Seminar Room at 4 pm on Wednesdays, followed by drinks in the Common Room. NOTE that TODAY'S SEMINAR

31 Aug 2023: "The Wildlife Trusts: What’s our strategy for addressing the nature and climate crisis?" Talk by Craig Bennett of The Wildlife Trust - At the DAB and available on Zoom 16:00-17:00

31 Oct 2023: Chris Bousfield is a Postdoc who works on utilising satellite data to detect illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. His focus is also on modeling the future impacts of wildfires on global timber production under climate change. Chris completed

22 May 2023: A new study by James Ball and colleagues in the Cambridge Conservation Research Institute has developed a computer vision method for delineating tree crowns in tropical forests from aerial RGB imagery, with the new approach available as an

31 Oct 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Dr Katy Faulkner. I am interested in how ecosystems respond to global change, specifically the impacts on soil carbon cycling and microbial community structure and function. Previously, I have worked

25 Jan 2023: Early Career Researcher Programme Public Engagement - Why, Who, and What? Lucinda Spokes, Head of Public Engagement, Office of External Affairs and Communications, University of Cambridge Public engagement is increasingly seen as an important part

21 Aug 2023: I am interested in interdisciplinary research topics that may help us reconcile biodiversity conservation and human needs. Specifically, my research interests lie in identifying how landscapes can be optimally managed for the benefit of both

5 Jan 2023: Zoology's Dr Andrew Bladon has worked with RSPB conservation scientists to explore how much bird-friendly agri-environment management is needed to stabilise or reverse farmland bird declines. Agricultural intensification is a major driver of global

30 Aug 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar, Wed 13th September 2023 Dr Alice Hughes, University of Hong Kong Understanding the potential impacts of legal wildlife trade Overexploitation of wildlife has been demonstrated as one of the greatest threats to the survival

21 Aug 2023: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/daniel-cossey https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/conservation-science/aquatic-ecology

23 Oct 2023: CANCELLED - CCI Conservation Seminar, Wednesday 6th December 2023 Cancelled due to construction work in the venue This seminar will now take place on 27th March 2024 in the Main Lecture Theatre DAB Dr Matthew Adeleye, Department of Geography,

17 Aug 2023: Aquaculture is a fast growing industry and one which is going to see a lot more attention paid to it as society is forced to respond to the challenges of food sustainability.

8 Nov 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Jessa Belle Garubay-Yayen. MPhil Student. The David Attenborough Building. Pembroke Street. Cambridge. CB2 3QZ. 2024 University of Cambridge.

1 Mar 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Dr Diane Lister. I am a plant scientist based in the UCCRI in the David Attenborough Building, where I provide support for the various activities of the institute, including funding applications,

19 Jan 2023: Climate warming has long been known to cause glaciers to melt and ‘retreat’ up the mountain to higher altitudes, leaving land that had been under ice for many millenia suddenly exposed to the air.

5 Jun 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar - Dr Ben Filewod Ben Filewod, London School of Economics What we can do about leakage from nature-based solutions?

21 Aug 2023: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/edgar-cifuentes

6 Apr 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar - Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Integrating health and people in gorilla conservation Dr.

17 Aug 2023: Local communities are not incentivised to protect tropical forests that are hugely valuable for global climate regulation, a new study has found.

21 Aug 2023: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/sayam-u-chowdhury

25 Jan 2023: Early Career Researcher Programme - Career Pathways Workshop Jointly run with the NERC-DTP programme and the Global Food Security IRC.

21 Aug 2023: Please Click Here to see Katherines Profile on Zoology

15 Jun 2023: Tropical butterflies with bigger, longer and narrower wings are better able to stay cool when temperatures get too hot.

21 Aug 2023: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/gianluca-cerullo https://gianlucacerullo.com

24 Apr 2023: Study shows better adoption and implementation of company supply chain policies for Brazilian beef and leather could significantly reduce carbon emissions. 'If we do eat imported beef, we should buy it from retailers that are trying to improve

30 Mar 2023: Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation (CCEO) seminar - Dr Frederick Draper Freddie Draper is a tropical forest ecologist; he is a NERC independent research fellow and lecturer at the University of Liverpool.

21 Aug 2023: Please Click Here to see Rekha's Profile on Land Economy

8 Nov 2023: Dr André Butler is a Research Associate in the Department of Land Economy, working in the Centre for Landscape Regeneration with Professor Shailaja Fennell. Using quasi-experimental methods, his research has broadly focused on investigating the

31 Jan 2023: Dr. Li will introduce how recent environmental policies have developed in China to protect biodiversity and their consequences for local livelihoods and endangered species (e.g.

8 Nov 2023: Dr. Jakub Kronenberg, an ecological economist, specializes in the investigation of environmental values and the institutional context of nature conservation, with a specific focus on urban green spaces and avian species. His work delves into

15 Feb 2023: Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers. Research led by

10 Feb 2023: Prof. Jennifer Gill, University of East Anglia Using citizen science data to help target conservation actions Conservation resources are always limited and, as the number of species in need of conservation action grows, the need for effective

31 Oct 2023: Laurie studied Natural Sciences (Zoology) at Clare College, Cambridge, before taking a PhD in freshwater ecology at the University of Exeter. She was a JRF at Darwin College and a Fellow, Tutor and College Lecturer in Ecology in Newnham, till she

9 Feb 2023: A recent study of soil carbon suggests rewilding could capture as much carbon as a young plantation – in the soil alone.

1 Nov 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. A recent study in Ecology & Evolution suggests butterflies are most vulnerable to climate change during their larval stage.

8 Nov 2023: Dr. Courtney Currier has recently become a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Plant Sciences, collaborating with Dr. Adam Pellegrini and his Disturbance and Ecosystem Function group. This partnership, supported by a European Research Council grant

21 Aug 2023: My background is in the macroecology and evolutionary ecology of plants and birds. I did my PhD at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt looking at the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of climatic niches in birds.

10 Feb 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar - Wed 8th March, 5 to 6 pm Dr Katy Roucoux, University of St Andrews Sociocultural and ecological perspectives on the peatlands of Peruvian Amazonia Authors: Katherine H. Roucoux, Nina D. Laurie, Althea L. Davies, Edward T.A.