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Nov 1st - The Wildlife Trusts Craig Bennet to talk at the CCI

25 October 2023

The Wildlife Trust's Chief Executive, Craig Bennett will be giving a talk at the DAB on November 1st as part of our CCI Conservation Seminar Series. He will be talking about The Wildlife Trusts Strategy for addressing the nature and climate crisis. With options to register to join Via Zoom.

CCI Conservation Seminar Series 2023 to 2024

14 September 2023

The 2023-2024 CCI Conservation Seminar Series has started, with a brilliant seminar given by Dr Alice Hughes on Sep 13th. Please see the attached poster for details of our seminar programme so far. More talks will be added...

Lack of evidence hampers progress on corporate-led ecosystem restoration

8 September 2023

A near total lack of transparency is making it impossible to assess the quality of corporate-led ecosystem restoration projects, a new study finds. 'The world’s largest corporations have the potential to lift ecosystem...

National parks enhance mammal diversity inside and outside their borders

25 August 2023

It is often assumed that protected areas such as natural parks preserve wildlife, but perhaps surprisingly, the evidence has been limited.

Meet Cambridge's mussel man: how shellfish farming could help meet food needs

17 August 2023

Aquaculture is a fast growing industry and one which is going to see a lot more attention paid to it as society is forced to respond to the challenges of food sustainability.

People living near the Eastern Arc Mountains use poles collected from the forests to build their homes. [Credit: Marije Schaafsma]

Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately on those living closest

17 August 2023

Local communities are not incentivised to protect tropical forests that are hugely valuable for global climate regulation, a new study has found. “International gains from the conservation of this biodiversity hotspot far...

Isabella Tree to speak at the CCI on 12th July

21 June 2023

Isabella Tree is an award-winning journalist and author, and lives with her husband, the conservationist Charlie Burrell, in the middle of a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex. She will be speaking in the CCI...

Tropical butterflies’ wings could help them withstand climate change, study suggests

15 June 2023

Tropical butterflies with bigger, longer and narrower wings are better able to stay cool when temperatures get too hot. In fact, tropical species’ ability to keep cool at higher air temperatures mean they are more able to “...

Updated CCI Conservation Seminar Series

30 May 2023

We have an exciting line-up of seminars for the rest of Easter Term. New seminars have been added and extra details provided. Check the 'Events' tab for individual seminar listings, which will include Eventbrite links for...

Detectree2 - a new way to delineate individual tree crowns in tropical forests

22 May 2023

A new study by James Ball and colleagues in the Cambridge Conservation Research Institute has developed a computer vision method for delineating tree crowns in tropical forests from aerial RGB imagery, with the new approach...

Nov 1st - The Wildlife Trusts Craig Bennet to talk at the CCI

CCI Conservation Seminar Series 2023 to 2024

Lack of evidence hampers progress on corporate-led ecosystem restoration

National parks enhance mammal diversity inside and outside their borders

Meet Cambridge's mussel man: how shellfish farming could help meet food needs

Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately on those living closest

Isabella Tree to speak at the CCI on 12th July

Tropical butterflies’ wings could help them withstand climate change, study suggests

Updated CCI Conservation Seminar Series

Detectree2 - a new way to delineate individual tree crowns in tropical forests

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