To achieve this vision we focus our activities around three goals:
1. Understand the societal, biophysical, policy and systemic factors that enable or challenge nature recovery
2. Collaborate with partners in case study landscapes to test and enhance frameworks, technologies, and tools for effective, inclusive, scalable, nature recovery delivery that also provides for society and its wellbeing
3. Establish an inclusive nature recovery community at Oxford, leveraging its intellectual capital and interdisciplinary convening power to address key debates and challenges in the field.
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Ensuring gold standards are followed for green spaces to help create healthier, more sustainable, and climate-resilient communities
20 February 2025A new paper published in Frontiers in Environmental Science describes a comprehensive menu of standards for green infrastructure in England to help deliver green space that is accessible, connected, multifunctional, and reflects local character. Here Alison Smith, a Senior Researcher with the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, who helped compile the standards, explains how following […]
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As climate change threatens cocoa production, why new efforts are needed to support pollination
18 February 2025This Valentine’s Day, millions of pounds worth of chocolate were exchanged as gifts, but researchers have found climate change and biodiversity loss threaten future global supplies of this treat. A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that cocoa production—the key ingredient in chocolate—is at risk due to climate change and low […]
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"Our goal is to develop the frameworks, technologies and tools that enable and support the delivery of nature recovery that is effective, durable, scalable, provides for society and wellbeing, and is sustainably and ethically resourced".Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Centre Director