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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…

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 “thermoregulate” and keep a balanced body temperature compared to their evolutionary cousins in milder climates.  See the full a…

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 online participants.

We are absolutely delighted to congratulate Professor 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 of evidence-based conservation. He works with a team of collaborators, students and postdocs in Cambridge and an extensive netw…

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 are trying to improve cattle production systems in Brazil and elsewhere', says CRI's Prof. Rachael Garrett.https://www.cam.ac.uk/…

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 is awarded biennially to an ecologist distinguished by outstanding and sustained scientific achievements in the fields of mar…

Reconciling human activities with nature is never going to be easy, but the new Centre for Landscape Regeneration is using everything it’s got to try and protect a vital part of the UK.On the University’s doorstep lies a vast expanse of fertile land. The peaty soil is so carbon-rich, the first time researcher Tom Marquand saw it he was shocked.“The…