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Report

Oxfordshire’s green space-deprived neighbourhoods

17th April 2024

A report, released today by the researchers in the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, identifies neighbourhoods in Oxfordshire experiencing both socio-economic deprivation and poor provision of accessible green spaces, with a view to these neighbourhoods being prioritised in terms of planning, allocation of funding, and effort for improving quality and quantity of accessible green spaces. […]

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Blog Scientific Paper

World’s Most Productive Natural Forests Recently Discovered in West Africa

16th April 2024

Whilst most studies on the ecosystem functioning of tropical forests have focussed extensively on Latin America or Asia, researchers in Oxford say comparing findings with studies in Ghana has produced interesting and differing results showing that more studies need to be made in Africa. Tropical forests cover large areas of equatorial Africa and play a […]

Podcast

Subscribe to our Nature Recovery Podcast series

3rd April 2024

The Nature Recovery Podcast looks at some of the major challenges we face to global biodiversity.

Podcast

Anthromes with Erle Ellis

3rd April 2024

Human societies and their use of land have transformed ecology across this planet for thousands of years. As a result, the global patterns of life on Earth, the biomes, can no longer be understood without considering how humans have altered them. Anthromes, or anthropogenic biomes, characterise the globally significant ecological patterns created by sustained direct […]

Podcast

If you believe…An alternative vision for role of the state with Dr. Sophus Zu Ermgassen

14th March 2024

What role does the state have to play in nature recovery? If we are serious about halting the decline in biodiversity do we need to lay out a more ambitious agenda that can unify the currently fragmented aspects of private nature finance, state intervention and the role of public sector institutions. This is part of […]

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Mission-Oriented Public Policy for Nature Recovery

7th March 2024

The English government (environmental policy is largely devolved) has ambitious plans for nature recovery, but its proposed strategy positions the government as a relatively passive player whose job is to create compliance markets and de-risk private investments in nature to ensure they deliver appealing returns. However, there are whole host of risks and negative unintended […]