Restoring wildlife habitats in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions, experts warn
13 Feb 2025Researchers call on the international community to recognise and start tackling the “biodiversity leak”.
New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research
15 Nov 2024Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus College and the University of Cambridge.
A radical economic transformation is the only way to save nature and ourselves
04 Nov 2024After two weeks of negotiations last week in Cali, Colombia, the COP16 biodiversity summit was suspended with no overall agreement on a path forward on “resource mobilisation."
Hope and determination for nature
31 Oct 2024Cambridge Conservation Initiative Executive Director Melissa Leach offers insights on the COP16 Global Biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia as government ministers engage in tense final negotiations and the latest news from the natural world is that more than a third of tree species face...
Changemakers: Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Environmental Sustainability
21 Oct 2024Economist, researcher and educator, Bhaskar Vira is keeping faith with a life-long love for the natural world and a determination to tackle the climate and nature crises.
Cambridge conservation and sustainable business leaders prepare for COP16
11 Oct 2024The Cambridge Conservation Initiative and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) co-hosted a panel discussion featuring key industry leaders in the run-up to the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16). Please read more about the panel here
Sir David Attenborough's 'joy' on visit to Cambridge Conservation Initiative
27 Sep 2024Sir David Attenborough spoke of how he feels during visits to the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) when he stopped by the CCI conservation campus at the University of Cambridge this week.
Highly-sensitive beaks could help albatrosses and penguins find their food
18 Sep 2024Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to help them find food. This is the first time this ability has been identified in seabirds.
A new way of thinking about the economy could help protect the Amazon, and help its people thrive
06 Aug 2024To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to a model built around the diversity of indigenous and rural communities, and standing forests.
Fish bellies, fava beans and food security
05 Apr 2024Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.
