Beyond the Sensor: Building Blocks for Equitable Nature Recovery

6th January 2025

Dr Eric Mensah Kumeh Remote sensing has been around for almost 150 years, with the earliest forms of remote sensing dating back to the 1800s. The first aerial photographs were taken in 1858 by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, also known as Nadar, using a hot air balloon. Remote sensing is important because it provides a way to […]

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Art and Nature in The Leys

20th December 2024

A free, drop-in family-friendly event led by researchers Martha Crockatt and Mattia Troiano, developed in collaboration with Natasha Summer, a local community champion, and in partnership with the Oxfordshire African Caribbean Multicultural Society. It was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Science. The aim of the event was to engage […]

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Lost Nature

12th December 2024

A new report from Wild Justice, authored in conjunction with Kiera Chapman, shows that developers are not keeping their ecological commitments. When a residential development gets planning permission, it comes with a series of conditions. Developers commit to installing a range of ecological mitigation and enhancement features in exchange for being allowed to develop the […]

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Leading from the front. The Role of the Public Sector in Delivering Nature Recovery

3rd December 2024

This week we are talking to Andy Allen, the Lead Policy Advocate on Land Use at The Woodland Trust. The Woodland Trust has today launched a new report entitled: Leading from the front. The Role of the Public Sector in Delivering Nature Recovery, which was compiled by Sophus O.S.E. zu Ermgassen, Katie Kedward, Robert J. […]

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Is messy the new beautiful? Why debates about what nature recovery looks like matter

12th November 2024

Current aspirations for nature recovery to address biodiversity loss and climate change involve changing what landscapes look like What is considered neat or messy impacts on action and policy changes Nature recovery activities are highly politicised and resisted Publicised movements for messier gardens and environments can help shift public opinion to accepting less orderly environments […]

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COP16 Colombia, a newcomer’s reflection

4th November 2024

By Yadvinder Malhi In late October 2024, the UN Convention on Biodiversity held its biennial large meeting (the Conference of Parties, or COP). This convention is a sister of the better known one on climate change, both birthed in Rio in 1992, but until the last few years has languished in relative obscurity. This all […]

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