News

Is livestock grazing essential to mitigating climate change?

30th June 2023

In the holistic planned grazing process livestock are used as a tool to reverse the biodiversity loss that leads to desertification – a potential contributor to climate change. Yet, critics argue that livestock grazing, in almost all circumstances, is a net contributor to climate warming. Join us in a key debate on this controversial topic […]

Podcast

‘It’s a bit more complicated than that’ – Emma Marris

20th June 2023

In this taster episode we speak to the award -winning writer Emma Marris who offers a fresh and challenging view on some of the issues around conservation and nature recovery. We’d really encourage you to check out more of Emma’s writing. You can find links to her articles and books here Listen to the Podcast […]

EJ Milner-Gulland becomes a Dame in first King’s Birthday Honours list

17th June 2023

Congratulations to Dame Ej. Milner-Gulland on becoming a Dame in the first King's Birthday Honours list.

The Agile Initiative releases survey aimed at understanding how to scale up NbS in the UK

8th June 2023

Researchers at the Agile Initiative have launched a survey to explore the challenges facing organisations in the design and delivery of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the UK to help make policy recommendations for how these projects can be better supported in the future.

Podcast

Ghana – Eric Kumeh Mensah & Emmanuel Tomude

1st June 2023

In this podcast we take a look at Ghana, where landscapes are changing as mining and industrialisation affect traditional ways of managing the land. We look at the impact on cocoa and the effectiveness of global regulations on preventing deforestation and contrast these with traditional community methods. Listen to the Podcast here The Leverhulme Centre […]

Podcast

The Global Biodiversity Framework – Sandra Diaz

25th May 2023

We were lucky enough to have a short conversation with Sandra Diaz, where we find out more about here involvement with the COP 15 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Listen to the Podcast here If you enjoy what she has to say, you can watch a full lecture from her here Some related articles as well as […]