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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...

Professor William Sutherland elected Fellow of the Royal Society

12 May 2023

We are absolutely delighted to congratulate P rofessor William Sutherland on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Bill is one of the leading lights in conservation policy and practice, especially through the delivery...

Companies’ zero-deforestation commitments have potential to halve cattle-driven deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

24 April 2023

Study shows better adoption and implementation of company supply chain policies for Brazilian beef and leather could significantly reduce carbon emissions. 'If we do eat imported beef, we should buy it from retailers that...

CCI Conservation Seminars Easter term

21 April 2023

Bill Sutherland awarded the 2023 ECI Prize in terrestrial ecology

17 April 2023

The International Ecology Institute (ECI, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany) is thrilled to announce that Prof. Bill Sutherland (University of Cambridge, UK) is the recipient of the 2023 ECI Prize in terrestrial ecology. The ECI Prize...

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

Professor William Sutherland elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Companies’ zero-deforestation commitments have potential to halve cattle-driven deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

CCI Conservation Seminars Easter term

Bill Sutherland awarded the 2023 ECI Prize in terrestrial ecology

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