Past Events

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Does science impact nature conservation policy? Stories of success and failure. Hugh Possingham

Hugh Possingham

Friday, 8th March 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Hugh in semi-retirement has 3 jobs: Biodiversity Council’s Co-chief Councillor, Chief Scientist of Accounting for Nature and The University of Queensland. He was the founding Director of The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, the National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species hub and an Australian Research Council Professorial, Laureate and Federation Fellow. […]

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The transformative art of kissing frogs

Tim Smit - The Eden Project

Friday, 23rd February 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Tim Smit -The Eden Project Abstract: A talk about the symbolism of transformation that breathes hope into communities based on my love of transforming poisoned and degraded land and watching behaviour change resulting from demonstrations that second chances are possible. This is the basis under which I create projects. Bio: Sir Tim Smit read Archaeology […]

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Unlocking the power of engagement for nature recovery and nature-based solutions: Join our webinar!

Various

Tuesday, 20th February 2024, 10:00am - 11:00am

Are you passionate about driving collaborative, participatory, and democratic solutions for the world’s most critical environmental challenges? To celebrate the launch of new evidence-led guidance for engagement in nature-based solutions and nature recovery, we invite you to attend a free webinar hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Agile Initiative. This webinar […]

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Captured sunshine: what can an energetic view of life on Earth tell us about nature decline and recovery?

Yadvinder Malhi

Friday, 16th February 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

The biosphere was first described as “a planetary membrane for capturing, storing and transforming solar energy” (Vernadsky, 1926). Every living organism and organism function in the biosphere is united, and can be compared, by the cascade of captured sunshine that powers it.

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Land tenure, deforestation, and monocultures: Menaces to food and territorial justice

Elena Lazos-Chavero (UNAM / Table Dialogues),

Friday, 2nd February 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Abstract: Land tenure, deforestation, and monocultures: Menaces to food and territorial justice Elena Lazos-Chavero (UNAM / Table Dialogues), lazos@unam.mx When we eat organic food or when we buy a fair-trade product is that enough for food and territorial justice? Or what’s behind organic food production? And what’s behind a fair-trade product? Who is getting benefits […]

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Embracing complexity to understand and predict the consequences of environmental changes on biodiversity.

Miguel Bastos Araújo

Friday, 26th January 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

In the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in studies using models to understand and predict the impact of environmental changes on biodiversity. Typically, these studies begin by examining the relationship between species distributions and environmental variables, based on the assumption that the environment determines the limits of tolerance for species survival. […]