Key Research Programmes

Ellie Tew helps Forestry Commission plan for the future Much of our land management has traditionally focussed on maximising the production of a few specific benefits, such as food or timber. However, the natural environment provides many other benefits that are fundamental to human wellbeing, but...

Natural capital is a relatively new area for conservation research and practice. By recognising and revealing how nature contributes to human wellbeing, natural capital approaches aim at influencing decision-making, action, policy, investment and business interventions in order to improve...

Research summary The aim of this research is to provide a comparative performance assessment of distinct conservation and development intervention strategies in the tropical forest frontiers of the global south. The different dimensions of impact assessment will include forests, food and livelihood...