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Life on Earth is at risk from an unprecedented rate of environmental change that threatens the natural resources on which we depend.

Chicory growing on unused land in Cleveland, USA.

Growing wildflowers on disused urban land can damage bee health

16 Apr 2025

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil...

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Herd of European bison in the snow

Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink

18 Mar 2025

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation...

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Researcher interviewing a local woman in India

Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

25 Nov 2024

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

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Image of a forest

New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a 拢10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research

15 Nov 2024

Suzano, one the world鈥檚 largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in S茫o Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus...

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Planet earth

Cambridge is forging a future for our planet

21 Oct 2024

Find out how Cambridge's pioneering research in climate and nature is regenerating nature, rewiring energy, rethinking transport and redefining...

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Jack Ashby talking to the Museum's fin whale

Public invited to chat to museum animals in novel AI experiment

14 Oct 2024

Specimens in a Cambridge museum will be brought to life through the power of Artificial Intelligence, by a team aiming to strengthen our connection...

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Cairngorms landscape.

Return to the wild

12 Oct 2024

Ambitious collaborations are bringing biodiversity back to the Scottish Highlands.

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Panel members from CCI and CISL discuss the upcoming COP16

Cambridge conservation and sustainable business leaders prepare for COP16

11 Oct 2024

探花直播Cambridge Conservation Initiative and the 探花直播 of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) co-hosted a panel discussion...

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Scottish highlands.

How to restore a landscape

09 Oct 2024

Inside the programme protecting Europe's land, sea and species.

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Przewalski鈥檚 horses, by Neil Aldridge

Wild horses

09 Oct 2024

Meet the team reintroducing large herbivores to the coldest place in Spain.

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William Sutherland

A man with a big idea

05 Oct 2024

With up to one million species facing extinction, Professor William Sutherland is using what he knows to help stop biodiversity loss. Because nature...

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Photo of Sir David Attenborough on a visit to Cambridge Conservation Research Initiative

Sir David Attenborough's 'joy' on visit to Cambridge Conservation Initiative

27 Sep 2024

Sir David Attenborough spoke of how he feels during visits to the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) when he stopped by the CCI conservation...

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