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Conservation Research Institute

The University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (CRI) is an inclusive interdisciplinary community of world-leading scholars with an interest in conservation.

Our goals include conducting research and activities that contribute to the protection and flourishing of global biodiversity, a stable and liveable climate, functioning and resilient ecosystems, and improved human well-being for all, as well as understanding the relationship between biodiversity conservation and society.

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Read more at: Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls

Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls

18 March 2025

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the brink of extinction. The...


Read more at: Leveraging datasets could be key to tackling global food system challenges

Leveraging datasets could be key to tackling global food system challenges

13 March 2025

A new study published in Royal Society Open Science reveals the significant potential of leveraging existing systematic evidence databases to mitigate hazards in the global food system. The research was led by Dr David...


Read more at: CRI involvement in the 7th International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment

CRI involvement in the 7th International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment

13 March 2025

The Conservation Research Instiute's Professor Ed Turner and Professor Lynn Dicks attended the 7th International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment, in Bali, Indonesia in February. The theme of the conference was '...


Read more at: Marina Melanidis awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal

Marina Melanidis awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal

7 March 2025

Geography and CRI PhD student Marina Melanidis has been awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal for her "significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community of Canada, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada".