New research has found that controlled trophy hunting of lions can actually help conserve the species, but only in areas where hunting companies are given long-term land management rights.听听
Ash Amin (Department of Geography) and John Bell (Faculty of Law) discuss the importance of European research collaborations, and how they might continue post-Brexit.听
Disco Tony has travelled over 5,000 miles. He is grey with a yellow ring around his eyes. He is a cuckoo, but not just any cuckoo. He is one of a very special group of birds whose every move is being monitored.
Cities exist in a state of constant flux: not always 鈥榮mart鈥 and successful, they can be vulnerable, chaotic and seem on the edge of failure. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the shanty towns and slums. How can these informal settlements, and the wider city, be helped to succeed?
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Why is Milton Keynes one of the most successful cities in the UK, and Dundee one of the least? What gives Leeds its economic edge over Liverpool? How did London survive the 1990s recession, going from boom to bust and boom again? Researchers are asking these questions and many more in the largest ever analysis of what makes cities thrive.
Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography and听 探花直播 of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discusses ways of dealing with听the crisis affecting India鈥檚 water resources.
Shrinking habitat, increased conflict projected in regions critical to survival of threatened apex predators.
Makoto听Takahashi (Department of Geography) discusses the impact of the Fukushima disaster and Japan's nuclear-liability laws.
Researchers have modelled how wetlands might respond to rising sea levels, and found that as much as four-fifths of wetlands worldwide could be lost by the end of the century if sea levels continue to rise.听
Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography), Gemma Cranston (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership)听and Jonathan Green (Department of Geography) discuss what global powers need to do to tackle some of听the biggest threats facing society.
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