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Videos of the presentations from the workshop held on 26th June 2024, focused on embedding evidence into conservation practice and discussing future opportunities, are available on the CCI YouTube Channel

CEENRG researcher receives the Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact AwardClara Ma, CEENRG Researcher and PhD Candidate in the Department of Land Economy, has received the Vice Chancellor's Social Impact Award for Sustainability for her extraordinary contributions to food sustainability programmes at the University of Cambridge.The Sustainability Award, …

Michaelmas Term programme now available.Check the Events page of the CRI website for details of individual seminars. Links to sign up for Zoom links will be available on each individual event page.18th SeptDr Sam Pironon, Queen Mary, University of LondonUnderstanding the global diversity of utilised species to preserve biodiversity’s contributions …

No evidence that England’s new ‘biodiversity boost’ planning policy will help birds or butterfliesA new legal requirement in the UK's Environment Act mandates that planning applications must demonstrate a biodiversity net gain of at least 10% starting in 2024, using a new statutory biodiversity metric. Researchers at the University of Cambridge eva…

Image by Alexander LeesNovel temperatures are already widespread beneath the world’s tropical forest canopiesAssumptions that tropical forest canopies protect from the effects of climate change are unfounded, say researchersCurrent Biology, Volume 34, Issue 9, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.032.Abstract:The global restoration agenda ca…

Updated Lent Term programme is now available.Check the Events page of the CRI website for details of individual seminars. Links to sign up for Zoom links will be available on each individual event page.Join us for refreshments in the DAB Common Room after each seminar.MON 29th JanDr Sue Snyman, School of Wildlife Conservation, African Leadership Un…

Researchers hoping to rebrand a marine pest as a nutritious food have developed the world’s first system of farming shipworms, which they have renamed ‘Naked Clams’.Naked Clams, the world’s fastest-growing bivalve, which reach 30cm in just six months by converting waste wood into protein. Researchers found these clams contain high levels of Vitamin…

A new study by member of the Insect Ecology Group and published in Ecology & Evolution has found that butterflies may be most vulnerable to climate change as larvae.Insects are vulnerable to climate change, as they rely on their environment to regulate their body temperature. Insects also play a vital role in many different ecosystem services, many…

A new way to price carbon credits could encourage desperately needed investment in forest preservation and boost vital progress towards net-zero.A new approach to valuing the carbon storage potential of natural habitats aims to help restore faith in offset schemes, by enabling investors to directly compare carbon credit pricing across a wide range …

CCI Conservation Seminar: Craig Bennett, The Wildlife Trusts"The Wildlife Trusts: What’s our strategy for addressing the nature and climate crisis?"1st November 202316:00 to 17:00Main Seminar Room, David Attenborough BuildingRefreshments will follow in the DAB Common RoomCraig will give a high level overview of the work and scope of The Wildlife Tr…

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 and the poster will be continually updated. Check 'Events' on the CRI website.There will be a drinks reception in the common roo…

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 restoration efforts to an unprecedented scale. But their involvement has to be managed with proper evidence and accountability, to…

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. As demand for fish and shellfish products increases there's a growing recognition that we will need to breed and harvest these animals in captivity. The total production of At…

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 outweigh the gains to local communities directly involved in their conservation,” said Andrew Balmford, Professor of Conservatio…

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 Conservation Seminar Series on Wednesday, 12 July 2023, from 16:00 to 17:00, in the Babbage Lecture Theatre. The title of her seminar…