Past events

The valuation of nature and ecosystem services in monetary units plays a central role in many forms of environmental governance, including in carbon and biodiversity markets and offsetting schemes which are increasingly ...

Soil fungi play a major role in shaping forest ecosystems: the roots of trees interact with a myriad of fungi and the trees’ ability to cope with environmental change can be mediated ...

Abstract: Kathryn Brown will talk about the 2030 Strategy for the Wildlife Trusts, which focusses on action for nature and climate to achieve three goals by 2030: nature in recovery, people taking meaningful ...

Abstract: Biodiversity loss is one of the great global challenges of our time. If we are ever to address and ultimately reverse biodiversity loss, we must face the difficult truth that amongst its ...

Abstract: Tropical forests play a key role in climate change mitigation. Recovering, degraded and secondary forests are becoming more dominant in tropical landscapes and yet large uncertainties exist regarding their carbon sink and ...

Biotic nativeness is a cornerstone concept in conservation biology and in many fields in ecology. The importance of biotic concept is premised on the notion that long term coevolutionary history is necessary ...

In 2020, writer and campaigner Guy Shrubsole moved from London to Devon. As he explored the wooded valleys, rivers and tors of Dartmoor, Guy discovered a spectacular habitat that he had never ...

The talk will a) showcase some cities that have incorporated biodiversity conservation successfully, b) share how the National Parks Board of Singapore (NParks) implements its City in Nature vision and c) illustrate ...

The biota of the Great Plains of North America face numerous challenges. These include massive habitat conversion to row crop agriculture, loss of large native vertebrates, and altered biogeochemistry. The ramifications of ...

The past few decades have been a large global increase in the incidence of non- communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular, respiratory, and mental illnesses. These conditions now account for more than 50% ...