As global economy doubles in two decades, progress to end poverty is slow, while planetary damage accelerates

2nd October 2025

A landmark study published in Nature shows that as the global economy more than doubled between 2000 and 2022, it still left billions of people without life’s essentials, while rapidly pushing Earth’s life-supporting systems further beyond safe limits.

Vacancy: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Innovative Financing for Nature

18th September 2025

This role offers the chance to combine cutting-edge research with real-world impact, working at the intersection of conservation, finance, and policy.

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Yadvinder Malhi awarded prestigious Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology

27th August 2025

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery Director, recognised for outstanding contribution to the field of Ecology.

Observing nature in your backyard is not dull but radically significant

11th August 2025

Instead of ‘helicopter science’, we need Gilbert White’s intimate study of nature to understand global environmental change

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From Urgency to Participation: It is important that nature recovery initiatives can ‘slow down’ to embrace community engagement & local knowledge.

22nd July 2025

Allegra Bundy, MSc student, reflects on the participatory process and key findings of her dissertation project, ‘From Urgency to Participation: Navigating Complexities in Nature Recovery in the Scottish Highlands’.

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Testing Eco-Evolutionary Theory: How Tropical Forest Traits Vary With Dryness

23rd July 2025

Global plant trait analyses can yield intriguing insights, but a recurring limitation is that some results merely reflect stark contrasts between ecologically distinct biomes, e.g., tundra vs. tropical forest. The key question remains: what do we learn beyond confirming the obvious?

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