Past events

In this lively talk, Tom Oliver argues that our current fixes for the environmental crisis are often ineffective and even make things worse. Genuine solutions need to go beyond economic and technological ...

Pause during the fast-paced day and enhance your wellbeing by connecting with the natural world in the University College grounds. The monthly, lunchtime sessions will include three pathways to nature connection: 🌱 Noticing Nature ...

Professor. Brian Enquist. University of Arizona Developing a predictive science of the Biosphere and more powerful tests of biodiversity theories need to move beyond species richness, data driven approaches, and overly parameterized models ...

A discussion with David Cooper – Convention on Biological Diversity. Deputy Executive Secretary. David played a leadership role in finalising the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP-15 in Montreal, and will once ...

Producing conventional knowledge in the academic sense does not automatically inspire action or change. Art, as a revolutionary connection tool, can unite science and society to create change because it articulates these diverse ...

Over one third of Indo-Pacific islands are atolls. Nevertheless, atolls remain largely unrecognised as a distinct ecosystem type, beyond being recognised for their smallness and perceived depauperate floras and faunas. However, atolls ...

Abstract The Lerma Wetlands in the highlands of Central Mexico have been home to Otomian peoples for at least ten thousand years. In their belief system, the rich biodiversity in the sweet water ...

Abstract: Secondary forests are the predominant type of forest cover across the tropics. They provide myriad services and natural products to human populations worldwide and key habitat for countless forest-dwelling species. Although some ...

The plant functional trait diversity research programme has expanded dramatically in the past two decades, as a result of the combination of a long-standing interest in fundamental syndromes of adaptive specialization behind ...

Professor Amy Dickman established is the joint CEO of Lion Landscapes, which works to help conserve wildlife in some of the most important biodiversity areas of Africa. These areas include some of ...