Submitted by Carmyn de Jonge on Mon, 16/11/2020 - 13:28
The Conservation Research Institute Conference: Playlist
This year, the annual Conservation Research Institute Conference took place online and was recorded for those unable to attend. Watch the showcase of our interdisciplinary work in relation to conservation, Flash Talks from our Early Career Researchers, and what some of former PhD students are doing now here.
The Conservation Research Institute Conference 2020 Agenda
Welcome
Meet the Researchers
Presentations from key academics followed by an overview of the research including: Professor David Coomes, Dr Chris Sandbrook, Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Dr Lynn Dicks, Dr Andrew Friend, Dr Leo Zhaoyang Liu, Dr Adam Pellegrini, Professor Bill Sutherland and Professor Bhaskar Vira.
Next Step in Their Journey...
Chaired by Dr Cicely Marshall
Former students tell us what they are doing since finishing their PhD's.
- Dr Aiora Zabala, Senior Editor, Nature Sustainability, Affiliated Lecturer, Land Economy, Fellow, CEENRG
- Dr Matheus Nunes, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki
- Dr Karen Wong Perez, Senior Researcher – Climate Change Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- Dr Ellie Tew, Natural Capital and Resilience Programme Manager, Forestry England
Early Career Researcher Flash Talks
Chaired by Lucy Goodman, PhD Candidate, Geography
- Dr Toby Jackson, Plant Sciences - Tropical forest change detection with repeat LiDAR data.
- Thea Jung, PhD Candidate, Land Economy - Advancing Decarbonisation Pathways in energy-intensive industries: The Case of Cement
- Dr Andrew Bladon, Zoology - How butterflies keep their cool: linking individual thermoregulatory ability and long-term population trends.
- Valerio Donfrancesco, PhD Candidate, Geography - What is ‘coexistence’ between people and large carnivores?
In Conversation With Professor David Coomes and Dr Mike Maunder
Professor David Coomes, Director of the Conservation Research Institute, and Dr Mike Maunder, CCI Executive Director will discuss vision and new perspective of Cambridge Conservation Initiative and Nature-Based Solutions.
The Wealth Economy
Chaired by Dr Cristina Penasco
Keynote Speaker: Dr Matthew Agarwala: The Wealth Economy: Social and Natural Capital. Dr Matthew Agarwala will discuss the wealth paradigm, links to biodiversity and the pandemic, and using the wealth economy as the basis of our economic recovery. Matthew is an environmental economist based at The Bennett Institute for Public Policy. He is interested in wealth-based approaches to measuring and delivering sustainable development.
