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Can AI offer better conservation advice than human experts?

19 May 2025

With the world facing a biodiversity crisis, conservationists need accurate evidence to help them decide how best to protect species and habitats. But the information they require is scattered across thousands of scientific...

Prof. Robert Fletcher elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

15 May 2025

We are delighted to share the news that Professor Robert Fletcher , who is co-leader of our Conservation Science Group , has been made a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America .

Prof Bill Sutherland elected a member of the American Philosophical Society

13 May 2025

Congratulations to Prof William Sutherland , Director of Research and co-leader of the Conservation Science Group , which is located within the Conservation Research Institute , who has been elected a member of the American...

Masters in Conservation Leadership Cohort Explores Historic Wicken Fen

13 May 2025

The University of Cambridge's Masters in Conservation Leadership programme recently continued its long-standing tradition of field learning with a visit to the National Trust's Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, England's most famous fen and the Trust's very first nature reserve.

To save nature, AI needs our help

12 May 2025

Amid the hype about AI’s potential to turbocharge human abilities, researchers in Cambridge’s Conservation Research Institute are leading conversations to make sure we advance with eyes wide open .

Chris Sandbrook appointed as Director of the Conservation Research Institute and is awarded the 2025 Royal Geographical Society Cuthbert Peek Award

12 May 2025

Chris Sandbrook has been appointed as the new Director of the Conservation Research Institute, with immediate effect. Chris is Professor of Conservation and Society in the Department of Geography. Chris has also been awarded the Royal Geographical Society Cuthbert Peek Award 2025

A well-connected earth: the science and conservation of organismal movement

28 April 2025

Over 194 million birds and 57 million mammals are killed annually on European roads and up to 1 billion birds die every year from building collisions in the United States. Connectivity, the free movement of organisms of all...

Oil palm farming in West Africa: how industrial plantations might benefit from traditional methods

15 April 2025

A recent paper published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, co-authored by Jonathan Timperley, the CRI's Prof Edgar Turner, and Dr Michael Pahskevich, describes how oil palm farming methods in Liberia...

Insects can’t wait! New study proposes research rethink to better understand and support them

7 April 2025

Insects are the dominant animal life-form on our planet and an essential part of our ecosystems. Yet, despite reports of catastrophic insect declines and potentially imminent ‘insectageddon’, the global state of insect...

AI can help heal us heal the planet

7 April 2025

An opinion piece by Anil Madhavapeddy, Professor of Planetary Computing in the Department of Computer Science and Technology.

Can AI offer better conservation advice than human experts?

Prof. Robert Fletcher elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Prof Bill Sutherland elected a member of the American Philosophical Society

Masters in Conservation Leadership Cohort Explores Historic Wicken Fen

To save nature, AI needs our help

Chris Sandbrook appointed as Director of the Conservation Research Institute and is awarded the 2025 Royal Geographical Society Cuthbert Peek Award

A well-connected earth: the science and conservation of organismal movement

Oil palm farming in West Africa: how industrial plantations might benefit from traditional methods

Insects can’t wait! New study proposes research rethink to better understand and support them

AI can help heal us heal the planet

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