Biodiversity Network Coffee Mornings – Michaelmas Term
If you are a member of the University, or visitor you are welcome to join us on Thursday mornings in seminar rooms 1 and 2 in the Oxford Martin School.
We start 10.30am with coffee and pastries, and from 11am we host an informal talk from a member of the University about their research. If you would like to give a talk please drop us a line at biodiversity@ouce.ox.ac.uk
9th October – Kathy Willis – Financial incentives to protect and conserve a minimum of 30% of land for biodiversity by 2030 (30 by 30: who do we need to incentivise and by how much?)
16th October – Amelia Farber – Freedom to experience and immediacy of impact: How Galapagos children set an example for local nature connection and stewardship.
Mending gaps between human and nature that have been long-pushed by a Western and industriocentric ethos is paramount to mitigating further biodiversity loss and environmental damage globally. Children living in the Galapagos Islands, a small but world-famous Ecuadorian archipelago home to tremendous numbers of endemic and native species, grow up in a living laboratory of human + nature connection opportunities. In this talk, I share some of the stories and findings from those children about how freedom to frequently and carefully experience their local environment, and the immediate and visible impact of their actions on that environment help them to build deep and lasting connections with local nature.
23rd October – Edmond Awad – Public Views on Conservation-Development Trade-offs
Public Views on Conservation-Development Trade-offs Abstract: Conservation goals frequently require difficult choices between protecting endangered habitats and addressing urgent human needs like healthcare or local livelihoods. To better understand how people navigate these trade-offs, we developed an online serious game designed as a discrete choice experiment. In this game, participants are presented with paired scenarios that pit conservation against human development, forcing them to choose. Our study maps where people “draw the line,” probing the thresholds and narratives that influence their support for different options. In this talk, I will outline the study’s motivation and design, and share early findings from our pilot and pre-registered studies. I will also run a brief live demo of the game and welcome your expert feedback and participation. There is some further info about the project: Here and Here
30th October – Eilish Farrelly – Towards Nature Positive supply chains: From biodiveristy impacts to organisational action
Éilish will share findings from a project that began as her Master’s research and is now supported by the Environmental Sustainability Small Grants Programme, exploring how Oxford can tackle biodiversity impacts hidden within its supply chains. The talk will look at how traceable and transparent Oxford’s supply chains are, how biodiversity impacts can be identified and estimated, and what opportunities exist for meaningful mitigation — including a real-world scenario for coffee supply chains in Kenya. Éilish will share key takeaways and introduce a practical framework that other organisations could use in their own journey towards Nature Positive.
6th November – No session this week
13th November – Failure is data, not identity: experiences of win-lose-win in participatory mapping research in the Amazon – Aoide Bennett and Diana.
More info to come
20th November – Please drop us a line if you would like to give a talk on this date
27th November – Please drop us a line if you would like to give a talk on this date
4th December – Juliet Wright – Reducing wild meat demand in Central African cities and building a regional network to feed science into practice
More information to come
11th December – Please drop us a line if you would like to give a talk on this date
