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2 Nov 2021: British Antarctic Survey This workshop will talk about what the BAS polar data centre dataset does, the data that is available and go into detail about some of the biodiversity and biological long term monitoring data that are held.

7 Jun 2021: Ocean+ Habitats 2021 Launch at 1300 BST on World Ocean’s Day (Tuesday 8th June 2021) streamed live via YouTube and Facebook.

22 Nov 2021: Join us at 11am in the Common Room, David Attenborough Building for cake, coffee and conversation. Catch up with old colleagues and meet the members of the CRI network sat within the shared space. We look forward to seeing you there!

26 Jul 2021: EIT Food is a lead sponsor for the New Scientist Live ‘Creating a Sustainable Future’ event taking place on 25 September 2021.

4 May 2021: “The Green Transition in Natural Resources” When: 17th May 2021, 3-4 pm UK time (via Zoom) Where: https://zoom.us/j/99383670292?pwd=WHZlaktrRHVpSTd0a3lKTFlhRm9zdz09 Panel Members: Pippa Howard (Flora and Fauna International) and Andy Whitmore

26 Mar 2021: Welcome to Making space for nature where speakers will discuss the ambitious new initiatives aiming to restore natural habitats across the country: Lessons from transforming UK landscapes for wildlife and people, Recovering India's megafauna,

15 Mar 2021: Join the Curator of the University Herbarium, Dr Lauren Gardiner, on a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of one of Cambridge’s least-known collections, a treasure trove of over a million preserved plant specimens collected from all over the world

26 Mar 2021: Welcome to Choosing sustainability and join speakers as they share their views on why we should all choose sustainability: Reducing an organisation’s footprint, Bringing peatlands back to life in Belarus, Ocean optimism in a sea of plastic,

26 Mar 2021: Welcome to Innovating for conservation where speakers share inspiring stories that show how conservation can succeed through creativity and innovation: Activating new wildlife enthusiasts via games, Forest to furniture: a sustainable journey in home

18 Feb 2021: Karla Zambrano PhD Researcher, University of Valencia | C-EENRG Visiting Researcher Climate refugees: The big challenge of Public International Law and the European Union Register Here

3 Feb 2021: His most recent book is Monopsony Capitalism Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

1 Jun 2021: Join us for this Thursday's networking morning at 11am where we will be joined by PhD Student, Fleur Nash, who is currently in Kenya doing fieldwork.

12 Apr 2021: Cambridge Public Health Conference – 18 May 2021 This event is aimed at introducing new research and innovations focusing on supporting young people’s mental health, with an impressive programme of speakers and contributors who seek to influence

22 Nov 2021: We are delighted to welcome Tom who will be talking about ‘Situating mental health within the nature-climate-wellbeing triple challenge: Evidence from rural Uganda’. Ecological change poses new and significant threats to human health, such as

19 Apr 2021: On the eve of Earth Day, the latest in Synchronicity Earth’s Deeper Thinking Series, chaired by Synchronicity Earth founders Jessica and Adam Sweidan, explores how our understanding of flourishing diversity, informed by indigenous knowledge,

15 Mar 2021: This talk and behind-the-scenes view will discuss and cast light on botanical practices in 18th century Cambridge, with a focus on Professor of Botany Thomas Martyn (1735–1825), whose surviving books and plant specimens are being rediscovered at

22 Mar 2021: Welcome to our exciting morning of Citizen Science on Saturday 27th March from 10am - 12pm. This is an exciting way for you to contribute to conservation in the UK from the comfort of your home.

15 Mar 2021: Join the Curator of the University Herbarium, Dr Lauren Gardiner, to learn how you can contribute to this exciting and new-for-Cambridge citizen science project.

1 Nov 2021: Join us to hear Warren Evans of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (GEF) in discussion about Birdlife International's East Asian Australasian Flyway Initiative. You can also join online here:

24 May 2021: Kate Howlett, a PhD student at the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, will talk about her research into the importance of green space in UK primary schools.

30 Sep 2021: Thursday 9th December, 4:00-5:00pm Please note the change of day Dr Eyal Frank - University of Chicago The social costs of keystone species collapse: Evidence from the decline of vultures in India When the patent for a painkiller expired in 1993,

13 Jan 2021: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. CCI Seminar Series 2020 - 2021. Submitted by Carmyn de Jonge on Wed, 13/01/2021 - 15:21. The David Attenborough Building. Pembroke Street. Cambridge. CB2 3QZ. 2024 University of Cambridge.

14 Jun 2021: We typically assume that recent times have seen biodiversity loss everywhere.

26 Apr 2021: Developing and applying quantitative, interdisciplinary science to understand the human dimensions of conservation We are joined for this week's seminar by Dr Robin Naidoo from WWF.

5 Feb 2021: Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, by driving growth of forest habitat favoured by bats. Governments must seize the opportunity to reduce health risks from infectious

27 Sep 2021: Are you an Early Career Researcher (Postdoc / PhD student) at Cambridge, working on climate change / net-zero / low-carbon solutions? Would you like to present your research at our upcoming Cambridge Zero Research Symposia?

14 Jun 2021: When: 1 – 2pm, Wednesday 16 June Meeting ID: 115 814 437 Password: 022424 Speaker: Thalassa McMurdo Hamilton, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London & Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, UCL.

9 Aug 2021: The City Council are developing a new Biodiversity Strategy in response to the declared biodiversity emergency and new initiatives such as the recently launched Cambridge Nature Network.

27 Jan 2021: Biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history. Since 1970, there has been on average almost a 70% decline in the populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

25 Jan 2021: The Sussex Energy Group Keynote Lecture is an annual event hosted by one of the largest independent social science energy policy research groups in the world.

29 Apr 2021: Meanwhile here in Cambridge, the recent ‘Single Out’ campaign estimated that around 10 tonnes of takeaway containers were disposed of from the University’s buildings every year. ... As a recent government report concluded, “a fundamental shift

30 Sep 2021: Professor Naomi Oreskes - Harvard University Why trust science? Livestream: David Attenborough Building - Main Seminar Room

24 May 2021: recent paper on natural climate solutions’ contributions to negative emissions in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

11 Mar 2021: Nature-rich sites such as woods and wetlands more valuable because of the ‘ecosystem services’ they provide The economic benefits of protecting nature-rich sites such as wetlands and woodlands outweigh the profit that could be made from using

19 Apr 2021: Bioabundance’ is in rapid decline, with recent studies showing that insects in particular seem to be disappearing fast. ... For example, recent evidence from Germany found that the biomass of flying insects fell by 76 per cent in the last 26 years.

13 Jan 2021: This week's seminar will be presented by Dr Michelle Jackson from the University of Oxford. Dr Jackson's research interest lies in understanding individual-to-ecosystem level responses to environmental change, including warming, invasion, pollution

1 Feb 2021: Her most recent focus has been staff working on the Covid front line.

8 Mar 2021: We are delighted to announce that this year’s call for applications to the CCI Collaborative Fund is now open. CCI Partners are invited to submit applications for the CCI Collaborative Fund for Conservation, for collaborative projects.

30 Apr 2021: This week we will be joined by Professor Anne Saab, Graduate from the Institute of International and Development Studies Global WarNing where she will discuss: Discourses of Fear in International Climate Change Law. Register here...

18 Oct 2021: The Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) is a specialist butterfly species with a large distribution range across Britain and Ireland. However, population numbers have dropped by over 60% since the 1970s, making the Dingy Skipper a priority species in the

1 Jun 2021: This week, Prof Milind Tambe from Harvard University presents the conservation seminar.

21 Apr 2021: This is of significant concern as recent developments suggest parasites and diseases are highly prevalent and have contributed to several mass population‐level die‐offs.

4 Mar 2021: This week, CEENRG will be joined by Dr Sabrina Eisenbarth from the University of Exeter Business School. Register Here

26 Jul 2021: In our upcoming Tuesday group meeting we will be discussing two Global Change Biology papers on soil carbon dynamics that came out earlier this week, Mitchell et al. (2021) and O'Bryan et al. (2021), linked below.

8 Oct 2021: Talk by Dr. Liana Chua: Tuesday 12th October 1pm We are delighted to welcome Dr. Liana Chua who will be speaking next week on “Only the orangutans get a life jacket’: Uncommoning responsibility in a global conservation nexus”. I know many of

29 Jan 2021: Mental Health in the Digital World Join CT&S on Zoom on Monday 8th February for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on mental health in a digital world. The panel will cover topics including child mental health, Silicon Valley companies and

30 Sep 2021: Professor Jane Memmott - University of Bristol Community ecology – Pure fun and practical too In this talk I will focus on three projects which have a community level approach, and use the latest approaches from pure ecology, but which have

14 Jun 2021: Dr Benedict Probst Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich | C-EENRG Fellow Global Trends in the Invention and Diffusion of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies

12 Apr 2021: Collaboration can be one of the most rewarding aspects of a research career: bringing exciting perspectives and opportunities, enhanced productivity, access to resources and enduring relationships. It can also lead to some of our biggest challenges

10 Feb 2021: Impacts of REDD in Brazil C-EENRG Fellow | Scientist, Scion, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Dr Thales A.P. West We are very much looking forward to welcoming Dr. Thales West (CEENRG Fellow, Forest Carbon Scientist at Scion, New Zealand Forest