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29 Nov 2023: Researchers hoping to rebrand a marine pest as a nutritious food have developed the world’s first system of farming shipworms, which they have renamed ‘Naked Clams’. Naked Clams, the world’s fastest-growing bivalve, which reach 30cm in just

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

29 Sep 2023: Smell of Money.” The smell of money — that’s what the pork industry calls the stench of pig waste in the air in eastern North Carolina, where hogs outnumber people

6 Nov 2023: Sarah is a Royal Society-Newton International Fellow joining Dr. Lynn Dicks Agroecology group. She is a pollinator ecologist and toxicologist broadly interested in how pollinators respond to different chemical stressors. Her current research focuses

12 May 2023: We are absolutely delighted to congratulate Professor William Sutherland on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Bill is one of the leading lights in conservation policy and practice, especially through the delivery of evidence-based

23 Oct 2023: Matthew's work is currently focused on temperate Australia, investigating the impact of Indigenous people and past climatic changes on vegetation, wetlands, and fire regimes to inform land management in the

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

6 Apr 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar - Prof. Mark Urban, University of Connecticut Improving the forecast for biodiversity in the global heat age Time is running out to limit further devastating losses of biodiversity and its many contributions to humans.

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

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

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

6 Apr 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar - Dr Matthew Holden, University of Queensland Does modelling "really" help us conserve nature? Mathematicians, like myself, argue that models are crucial for making good decisions that balance conservation and economic o

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.

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

6 Apr 2023: CCI Conservation Seminar - Prof. Matthew Hayek, New York University Beyond Carbon: How food systems compound health and environmental risks Food systems emit 1/4 to 1/3 of greenhouse gases globally. However, stakeholders have vastly different

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

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

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

21 Aug 2023: Please click here to visit my profile on the Zoology Website

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