We are addressing this key global challenge with clarity of vision and strategic direction alongside an excellence in execution that will lead to transformative outcomes. I am delighted that CCI has been designated as one of the University’s new Strategic Initiatives.
Introducing the Cambridge Conservation Initiative
One of the great challenges of the 21st century is to understand and manage human impacts on biodiversity. The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) is a unique collaboration between the University of Cambridge and leading biodiversity conservation organisations in and around Cambridge, UK.
CCI seeks to transform the global understanding and conservation of biodiversity and the natural capital it represents and, through this, secure a sustainable future for all life on Earth. The CCI partners together combine and integrate research, education, policy and practice to create innovative solutions for society and to foster conservation learning and leadership.
Cambridge, UK is the hub of the largest cluster of conservation organisations in the world. As part of CCI we are developing plans for a major Conservation Centre, where leaders in academia, business, government and non-governmental organisations can interact and work together.
Conservation and the law: Identifying forthcoming legislative issues of interest to conservationists
Posted April 2012
Recent publications arising out of a CCI Conservation Futures Programme project led by William J. Sutherland, Miriam Rothschild Chair in Conservation Biology, review future legislative issues likely to be of interest to ecologists and conservationists. These legislative scans carried out in 2011 and 2012 have been published in the Bulletin of the British Ecological Society (BES). CCI would like to thank BES and Alan Crowden for permission to reproduce the Bulletin articles.
Gaming for Nature – Is computer gaming a new frontier for conservation?
Posted April 2012
CCI funds participatory workshops that contribute to the understanding and conservation of biodiversity. The workshops, by building on CCI’s cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach, typically identify new approaches, opportunities and challenges in conservation. The Gaming for Nature two-day workshop brought together the biodiversity conservation and computer gaming communities to think critically of the benefits or threats of digital games for conservation. Since gaming today plays an important part in the lives of millions of people across the world, key questions were addressed. For example, do skills and aptitudes developed in gaming contribute to conservation and can biodiversity and conservation issues be represented in computer games in exciting and meaningful ways?
The Games for Nature website has now been launched as a result of this workshop and a short video highlighting what took place during the workshop can be viewed here. You can also read more about the project here.
