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To save nature, AI needs our help

5 November 2025

Amid the hype about AI’s potential to turbocharge human abilities, researchers in Cambridge’s Conservation Research Institute are leading conversations to make sure we advance with eyes wide open .

Changemakers - Chris Sandbrook and the Conservation Research Institute

3 November 2025

Curiosity and co-incidence led Professor Chris Sandbrook to a life-long passion for conservation, education and understanding the role that people play in nature’s future.

Insect Ecology Group expands research at new butterfly banks in Trumpington

22 October 2025

Insect Ecology Group expands research at new butterfly banks in Trumpington Thanks to the construction of butterfly banks, Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve in Cambridge is now a location for cutting-edge research into...

Study shows that the common toad is becoming uncommon in the UK

14 October 2025

The Guardian reports on a study that used data from ‘toad patrol’ volunteers, which revealed that UK toad populations have fallen drastically in the last 40 years, probably because of road traffic.

Research points to 27 action areas to transform UK food system

3 October 2025

UKRI research programme publishes 27 actions to deliver healthier diets, stronger communities and lower environmental impacts across the UK food system.

The fattening forest: trees of the Amazon are getting bigger

2 October 2025

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels, a new study suggests.

Prof. Laura Diaz Anadon selected to serve as Lead Author on IPCC 7th Assessment

24 September 2025

Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy, Director of CEENRG, member of the CRI Committee of Management, was selected to serve as Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 7th Assessment Report.

Zero Budget Natural Farming: profitable, productive and brilliant for birds

23 September 2025

India's agroecology programm, 'Zero Budget Natural Farming'”, analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions; the shift to government-incentivised 'Zero Budget Natural Farming' (ZBNF) in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Agroecology Group research presented to Minister of State

8 September 2025

Professor Lynn Dicks, leader of the Department of Zoology's Agroecology Group and member of the Conservation Research Institute , presented the latest findings of the H3 research on regenerative agriculture .

If a swift could fight for their existence with words: nonhuman interests and politics

29 August 2025

Britain’s swifts, whose populations have fallen by 68% between 1995 and 2003, are at the centre of a growing debate over how urban policy can serve both people and wildlife. In a new paper, conservationists argue that installing “swift bricks” could provide safe nesting sites for these red-listed birds.

To save nature, AI needs our help

Changemakers - Chris Sandbrook and the Conservation Research Institute

Insect Ecology Group expands research at new butterfly banks in Trumpington

Study shows that the common toad is becoming uncommon in the UK

Research points to 27 action areas to transform UK food system

The fattening forest: trees of the Amazon are getting bigger

Prof. Laura Diaz Anadon selected to serve as Lead Author on IPCC 7th Assessment

Zero Budget Natural Farming: profitable, productive and brilliant for birds

Agroecology Group research presented to Minister of State

If a swift could fight for their existence with words: nonhuman interests and politics

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