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

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...


Read more at: New model increases vegetation prediction accuracy in Himalayan glacier melt zones

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...


Read more at: CCI Conservation Seminars Lent term program begins TODAY Mon 16th Jan

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...


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...