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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 “...

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

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