Our outputs are categorised by theme, type and whether the output has been funded and supported by the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery or is an associated output produced by centre members/affiliates and is relevant to the goals of the centre but not funded by it.
The current state, opportunities and challenges for upscaling private investment in biodiversity in Europe
European countries have committed to ambitious upscaling of privately funded nature conservation. We review the status and drivers of biodiversity finance in Europe. By implementing semistructured interviews with 25 biodiversity finance key informants and three focus groups across Europe, we explore opportunities and challenges for upscaling private investment in nature. Opportunities arise from macroeconomic and […]
Ecosystem engineers alter the evolution of seed size by impacting fertility and the understory light environment
It has been hypothesized that the extinction of the dinosaurs, and later the Pleistocene megafauna, created a darker forest sub-canopy benefiting large-seeded plants. Larger seeds and their fruit, in turn, opened a dietary niche space for animals thus strongly shaping the ecology of the Cenozoic, including our fruit-eating primate ancestors. In this paper, we develop […]
Global chocolate supply is limited by low pollination and high temperatures
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) provides livelihoods for 5 million smallholder farmers, but the factors limiting cocoa yield are poorly understood. We present a global analysis of pollination, cocoa tree, plantation, and climate factors affecting cocoa yield, with experimental data from three major cocoa-producing countries: Brazil, Ghana and Indonesia. Hand-pollination increased yield by 20%, showing cocoa yield is […]
PREPRINT: The Biodiversity Commitments of Earth’s Keystone Corporations: Current Limitations, Untapped Potential and Future Directions
Over the past 50 years, large transnational “keystone” corporations have concentrated power and gained significant influence over the world’s resource reserves, production and trade. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework emphasizes the crucial role of businesses in setting and disclosing targets to mitigate their impact on nature. In this study, we identified 180 keystone corporations from […]
Just nature recovery: A framework for centring multispecies and multi-dimensional justice in land management
Highlights Justice considerations can be overlooked in the planning and delivery of nature recovery projects. Multispecies justice and multi-dimensional justice offer alternative framings of justice and how it can be achieved. Integrating MSJ and MDJ approaches can inform nuanced analyses of nature recovery projects. We consider the different justice concerns in a range of examples […]
