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25 Oct 2023: The Wildlife Trust's Chief Executive, Craig Bennett will be giving a talk at the DAB on November 1st as part of our CCI Conservation Seminar Series. He will be talking about The Wildlife Trusts Strategy for addressing the nature and climate crisis.

21 Feb 2024: Claire's comes to the department after working at the National Trust for 18 months with the Visitor Experience Team at the Ickworth Estate, Bury St Edmunds. Previously she worked for many years in corporate events both in the UK and Internationally

16 Jan 2024: The CRI puts out a regular Newsletter to subscribers outlining the latest from the CRI - Below are links to previous newsletters by date: 5th March 2024 27th Feb 2024 20th Feb 2024 13th Feb 2024 6th Feb 2024 31st Jan 2024 24th Jan 2024 18th Jan 2024

22 Jan 2024: Recentering People’s Contributions to Nature, Re-Culturing Landscapes to Sustain Biodiversity. Most of terrestrial nature, including Earth’s most biodiverse landscapes, have been shaped by millennia of sustained human use. ... These cultured

9 Apr 2024: Her doctoral work explored the application of the principle of non-refoulement to people fleeing food deprivation.

17 Apr 2024: Sign up to receive the Zoom link here:Invasive non-native species are one of the major drivers of ongoing global biodiversity loss, adversely impacting people and nature in all regions

14 Feb 2024: Recentering People’s Contributions to Nature, Re-Culturing Landscapes to Sustain Biodiversity.

21 Feb 2024: Tom is a PhD candidate in the Conservation and Development Lab, part of the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Prof. Rachael Garrett. His research investigates how critical ecosystem assets can be leveraged to

23 Jan 2024: Antonelli’s passion is nature, and his mission mirrors that of RBG Kew’s: to understand and protect biodiversity for the well-being of people and the future of all life

29 Nov 2023: ‘My name is Miao Li, a fourth-year visiting PhD student from the Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University. I am delighted to join the CCI group and collaborate with Dr Thomas Worthington over the next year. My PhD study aims to

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

22 Jan 2024: Unlocking and growing the wildlife economy in Africa: aligning conservation and development

31 Oct 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Rupert Way. Dr Rupert Way is a Research Associate in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, working with Prof Laura Diaz Anadon and Dr Sergey Kolesnikov on probabilistic technology cost

26 Mar 2024: These approaches allow us to explore how animals react to human activity both at the edges of ecosystems (where migratory animals interact with people) and in the core protected areas (where

31 Oct 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Yanying Wang. Visitor. The David Attenborough Building. Pembroke Street. Cambridge. CB2 3QZ. 2024 University of Cambridge.

30 Oct 2023: The payments encourage local people to protect forests: the carbon finance they receive can help provide alternative livelihoods that don’t involve cutting down trees. ... Protection of tropical forests, a nature-based solution to climate change, comes

24 Jan 2024: I hold a Ph.D. in Engineering with a specialization in Hydrology and Water Engineering, demonstrating expertise in hydraulic and fluid mechanics. My primary research interest lies in flow modelling through vegetation, while remaining open to diverse

23 Jan 2024: What is conservation success? Measuring recovery and conservation impact with the IUCN Green Status of Species

17 Nov 2023: Sarayu Manoj is a research assistant situated within the Department of Plant Sciences. Having completed an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2023, her expertise

1 Nov 2023: A new study by member of the Insect Ecology Group and published in Ecology & Evolution has found that butterflies may be most vulnerable to climate change as larvae.Insects are vulnerable to climate change, as they rely on their environment to

26 Mar 2024: Digging deeper: critical review of climate solutions using soil carbon sequestration

31 Oct 2023: Jiashu is a PhD student in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG). His doctoral research focuses on energy policy, technological

23 Jan 2024: Prof. Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University. Biodiversity science for 2030 - knowledge needs to support action to reach the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

31 Oct 2023: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Nina de Jong. PhD Student. The David Attenborough Building. Pembroke Street. Cambridge. CB2 3QZ. 2024 University of Cambridge.

29 Nov 2023: I’m originally from Colombia. I got a degree on Biology and a masters in Ecology. Currently, I’m doing my second year as a PhD Student at The University of Sheffield and starting as a Visiting Student at the Department of Plant Sciences in

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

31 Oct 2023: I obtained a Bachelor's degree with Honors (Ecology and Environmental Sciences) at the Australian National University. My Honors research is a meta-analysis to explore the biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by native forests restored by

31 Oct 2023: Nadia Rehman is a PhD student in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on innovation in financial instruments for climate responsive investment and diplomacy in emerging markets. As a current Member Climate

13 Feb 2024: Taking place as part of the Cambridge Festival, this event titled "Changing the landscape of conservation" is being put on by the CRI.

31 Oct 2023: Murray Fallk is a PhD student in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. His research covers themes spanning economics, public policy, demography, the environment, and energy. He is also interested in econometric methods and

26 Mar 2024: A sustainable financing scheme for agroforestry in Europe

31 Oct 2023: Giving away other people’s money to those who really need and appreciate it is the best job in the world.".

13 Nov 2023: Rachel Georgiou coordinates field research activities within the Centre for Landscape Regeneration, and is also based in the Giorio group at the Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Chemistry, currently supporting the REGEN project. She has

23 Jan 2024: Welfare implications of conservation agriculture: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia

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

28 Mar 2024: Evaluating Private Sector Biodiversity Disclosure Tools

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

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

28 Mar 2024: What is the evidence that counter-wildlife crime interventions are effective for conserving wildlife?

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

9 Nov 2023: Breaking bread: what’s wrong with wheat? Bread has been consumed by humans for thousands of years. This event will consider the history and environmental impact of this staple food.

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 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

12 Jan 2024: It relies on data from interviewing a diverse group of people, and can be carried out online only. ... The session objectives are to 1) help people understand what Q method is for, 2) find out whether it is useful for their research and 3) find out what

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

6 Nov 2023: Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation (CEO) Seminar Phil Wilkes, RBG Kew Next week we are hosting a seminar with Phil Wilkes from Kew. Please find attached the poster for Phil’s talk and feel free to extend the invite.

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

24 Jan 2024: Makafui Dzudzor is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the “Scaling up agroforestry as a forest landscape conservation and sustainable livelihood strategy” project.

4 Mar 2024: CCI Conservation Seminar - Panel discussion on 'Conversation about conservation in the time of war'