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Read more at: How much agri-environment provision is required to reverse farmland bird declines?

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...


Read more at: Protecting Europe’s seabirds

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)...


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

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...


Read more at: The tulip hunter of Toktogul

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...


Read more at: New book - Transforming Conservation: A practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making

New book - Transforming Conservation: A practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making

14 December 2022

We are delighted to share our newly released open access book: Transforming Conservation: A practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making, Edited by William Sutherland Download for free: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/...


Read more at: COP15: UN and Cambridge sign agreement which recognises the CCI Masters in Conservation Leadership

COP15: UN and Cambridge sign agreement which recognises the CCI Masters in Conservation Leadership

9 December 2022

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat and the University of Cambridge signed a Memorandum of Understanding on day two of COP15, which recognises that the CCI Masters in Conservation Leadership course hosted...


Read more at: Cambridge signs UN pledge on reversing biodiversity decline at COP15

Cambridge signs UN pledge on reversing biodiversity decline at COP15

9 December 2022

The University of Cambridge has signed a nature positive pledge as a founding member of the global Nature Positive Universities network formed in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The CRI's...


Read more at: New UAV-based system enables efficient forest restoration monitoring

New UAV-based system enables efficient forest restoration monitoring

6 December 2022

Ecologists at the Conservation Research Institute have developed a new method of mapping early successional species in tropical forests using Unoccupied Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) to generate reference crown images with attached...


Read more at: Updated CCI Conservation Seminar Series

Updated CCI Conservation Seminar Series

29 November 2022

CCI Conservation Seminar Series - check out our updated programme for Autumn 2022/Spring 2023.


Read more at: Modelling the future of soils in the world’s savanna-grasslands

Modelling the future of soils in the world’s savanna-grasslands

29 November 2022

A new grant from the EU’s ‘Starting Grants’ scheme awarded to Adam Pelligrini, will fund studies to improve carbon credit schemes in dryland areas by boosting our grasp of the effects of periodic fire events on carbon...