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Sandy beach in the foreground with trees to the beach, blue sea and stormy skies above
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Recovery of degraded coastal ecosystems requires so much more than protection – how restoration and conservation go hand-in-hand

Dr Tundi Agardy - Sound Seas

Friday, 19th January 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Abstract As the world races toward environmental targets, including the 2030 targets in CBD’s Kumming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the negotiated goals of the UNFCC COP 28, the objectives of the BBNJ Agreement, and even the largely ignored SDGs, the enormous emphasis on protection of intact nature and nature-based solutions belies the realities. Intact ecosystems […]

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We Are Guardians – Documentary screening and Q&A with the directors

Various

Wednesday, 1st November 2023, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

A Journey of Hope Amidst Crisis In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, thousands of people are unlawfully encroaching upon protected lands, devastating centuries-old trees for export and exploiting rare resources. It’s a critical issue that impacts us all. Enter Indigenous Brazilian forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and impassioned activist Puyr Tembé. They stand as unwavering […]

Woman with red face paint across her face, feathered earrings and a red top stands infront of a blurred forest background
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The Yawanawá Amazonian Indigenous People: Socio-environmental experiences of ecology, climate, health and territory

Various

Tuesday, 24th October 2023, 5:15pm - 6:15pm

In this Seminar the Yawanawá will share how their traditional practices and sacred knowledge including local ecology such as native medicinal plants have been key in overcoming challenges like COVID-19, but how climate change also poses a threat to these plants and practices.

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Screening of the ‘Good Natured’ film festival

A selection of short films

Friday, 13th October 2023, 4:15pm - 5:45pm

Conservation Optimism and the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery present a screening of inspiring and empowering stories from across the natural world. In the face of environmental erosion and human negligence, it is all too easy to regard our planet with despair. But nestled amongst the prevailing stories of loss and destruction, there are inspiring […]

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A virtual rainforest

Professor Robert Ewers, Imperial College London

Friday, 20th October 2023, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Abstract: Ecologists study living organisms and their interactions with the physical environment, but as ecologists we seldom attempt to understand ecosystems in their entirety. This seminar will present a system-level overview of the ecological processes operating in a Malaysian rainforest, and explain how we are converting this knowledge into a digital twin ecosystem – the […]

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Nature is Culture: The Deep Global History and Transformative Future of Nature-Sustaining Landscapes

Erle Ellis, University of Maryland

Friday, 27th October 2023, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Global historical reconstructions of human transformation and use of landscapes confirms that most of terrestrial nature as we know it, including Earth’s most biodiverse landscapes, are cultural legacies of centuries to millennia of sustained human use. Efforts to build a better future for people and the nature begin by recognizing that cultural natures, including those […]