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Lynn Dicks appointed to the Board of Natural England

16 March 2023

Congratulations to Dr Lynn Dicks, University Lecturer in Animal Ecology at the Department of Zoology on her recent appointment of Board Member for Natural England. Her responsibilities as board member will last for 3 years. Natural England is the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. This is a Public...

Women in Conservation Leadership

8 March 2023

Celebrating the achievements of our alumni on International Women’s Day The University of Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership alumni network ( UCCLAN ) comprises 220 individuals from 89 countries. The Masters programme equips its graduates with the tools needed to be the next generation of conservation leaders...

Cambridge Festival launches extensive programme for 2023

20 February 2023

Could a new theory of the Universe be Stephen Hawking’s biggest legacy? How has popular music addressed political conflict? Are the big tech firms the new colonialists? And is the education system making the crisis in mental health in young women and girls worse? These are a few of the questions set to be addressed during...

Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities

15 February 2023

Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers. Research led by Cambridge scientists, including the CRI's Dr David Willer, Prof. David...

New model increases vegetation prediction accuracy in Himalayan glacier melt zones

19 January 2023

Climate warming has long been known to cause glaciers to melt and ‘retreat’ up the mountain to higher altitudes, leaving land that had been under ice for many millenia suddenly exposed to the air. The fate of this land varies – in many cases natural vegetation moves in, but in others local people cultivate the exposed land...

CCI Conservation Seminars Lent term program begins TODAY Mon 16th Jan

16 January 2023

An excellent series of talks and a post-COP15 panel discussion is lined up for this term. See the poster for details. All talks are in the DAB Main Seminar Room at 4 pm on Wednesdays, followed by drinks in the Common Room. NOTE that TODAY'S SEMINAR is on a MONDAY. The poster gives you the details so far. Save the dates...

How much agri-environment provision is required to reverse farmland bird declines?

5 January 2023

Zoology's Dr Andrew Bladon has worked with RSPB conservation scientists to explore how much bird-friendly agri-environment management is needed to stabilise or reverse farmland bird declines. Agricultural intensification is a major driver of global biodiversity decline. In Europe, farmers are financially incentivised to...

Protecting Europe’s seabirds

20 December 2022

A new conservation guide launched to protect European seabirds at risk from climate change, by the CRI's Silviu Petrovan, Bill Sutherland and Nigel Taylor, in collaboration with the ZSL (The Zoological Society of London). This is a first-of-its-kind conservation guide to protecting the 47 species that breed along the...

Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most cost-effective way to hit UK environment targets

20 December 2022

Study of farmer preferences shows that turning whole areas of farmland into habitats comes with half the price tag of integrating nature into productive farmland, if biodiversity and carbon targets are to be met. Incentivising farmers to restore some land as habitats for nature could deliver UK climate and biodiversity...

The tulip hunter of Toktogul

16 December 2022

Brett Wilson's love of wild tulips has taken him to some of the most spectacular places in Central Asia, where he discovered a new species in Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan. His work has helped to uncover the plight of 53 tulips which have been added to the 'Red List' of threatened species. The tulip hunter of Toktogul (cam.ac.uk)

Lynn Dicks appointed to the Board of Natural England

Women in Conservation Leadership

Cambridge Festival launches extensive programme for 2023

Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities

New model increases vegetation prediction accuracy in Himalayan glacier melt zones

CCI Conservation Seminars Lent term program begins TODAY Mon 16th Jan

How much agri-environment provision is required to reverse farmland bird declines?

Protecting Europe’s seabirds

Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most cost-effective way to hit UK environment targets

The tulip hunter of Toktogul

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