Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery

Sandra Díaz awarded 2025 The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

14 April 2025

We are thrilled that our colleague, Sandra Díaz has been awarded the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for her extraordinary work linking biodiversity to humankind. The award recognises her “commitment to understanding and addressing biodiversity loss and its impact on human societies.” Sandra and her fellow awardee, Eduardo Brondízio, are the first individual recipients from […]

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We’re hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Reimagining Nature Finance

14 April 2025

We have fantastic opportunity for a Researcher to be a part of the Sir Evelyn de Rothchild Fellowship, embedded within the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery at the University of Oxford, as a PDRA in Reimagining Nature Finance.

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From Greening to Wellbeing

10 April 2025

Researcher Wendee Zhang presented her research at a recent Healthy Ecosystems Restoration in Oxfordshire (HERO) meeting this week, she discusses spatial and social-economic disparities in school outdoor greenness and the impact on mental wellbeing and school attendance in children and adolescents, you can watch it here now. The slides can be viewed here More about […]

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On the left is a group of white rhinos under a Vachellia tree; in the middle, a herd of African elephants; and on the right a pair of endangered Grévy's zebra.

Exploring Kenya’s Savannas: Insights from Megha Ojha’s Fieldwork

8 April 2025

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery postdoctoral researcher, Megha Ojha, recently embarked on an inspiring journey to Kenya. Here she visited the Natural State Research Centre, a non-profit organization actively working in the Kenyan savannas, a region of unparalleled ecological significance. Megha is a postdoctoral researcher in the Ecosystems Lab in the Environmental Change Institute, where […]

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Can we create a food system that benefits people and the planet?

3 April 2025

With 70% of UK land dedicated to farming, it’s vital that as much as possible delivers for both food and nature, especially in a country where farmland birds have declined 58% since 1970 and the farming sector is the leading cause of freshwater pollution. As a way to make food production work with nature, the […]

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Reimagining our Relationship with Nature

Event start: 30 April 2025

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery researcher, Tanaya Nair will be taking part in a discussion between an artist, a scientist and a climate activist to explore our relationship with nature. Together, they’ll delve into questions like how we can create new, healthier ways of relating to non-human species. We’re part of the natural world. This […]

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VACANCY: Events and Special Projects Coordinator

26 March 2025

We’re hiring an Events and Special Projects Coordinator We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Events and Special Projects Coordinator to support the Centre’s busy events programme, play a key role in major projects, and help disseminate our research to key audiences. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced […]

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Improving data pipelines for monitoring nature recovery in Africa

25 March 2025

Nature recovery is advancing globally and Natural State is ensuring that Africa is not left in the dust. Over the past two months, the University of Oxford has hosted Natural State’s Dr Lucy Smyth, to work with Dr Nikki Stevens, Oxford’s Trapnell Fellow in African Environments, to develop a novel way of recording and monitoring […]