Publications & resources

HERO Workshop #4 Report: Social Dimensions of Nature Recovery Across Oxfordshire

This fourth workshop refines the social science research agenda of HERO and outlines the socio-economic and cultural barriers to effective change in the Nature Recovery Landscape. 7 themes emerged from this [...]

HERO Workshop #3 Report: Evidence Needs for a Nature Strategy in Oxfordshire

Our third workshop focused on evidence needs for a nature recovery strategy. Prior to the workshop, the HERO team (Steve Wilkes, David MacDonald, Alison Smith) had gathered a list of [...]

NbSI-WWF-RSPB report on Nature-based Solutions in UK Climate Adaptation Policy

Our new report, ‘Nature-based solutions in UK climate adaptation policy‘, was released on 30 September, commissioned by the RSPB and WWF. The report summarises evidence on the many ways in [...]

HERO Workshop #2 Report: Mapping, Assessment & Tracking of Land Availability & Nature Recovery Activities in Oxfordshire

This report presents the outputs from the second HERO workshop, which was attended virtuallyby 23 participants on the 20th of September2021. The inception workshop in July 2021identified seven priorities for [...]

Nature-based solutions in UK climate adaptation policy

Nature-based solutions (NbS) can play an important role in helping the UK to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including sea-level rise, floods, droughts and heatwaves. NbS involve stakeholders [...]

Natural Capital in Oxfordshire

This is a short report of the method used to generate preliminary Natural Capital maps for Oxfordshire. The work was undertaken under an Oxford Policy Exchange Network fellowship, funded by [...]