Articles about 'Cambridge Conservation Initiative'

Museum of Zoology displays ceramic art to explore Earth's 'breaking points'

21 July 2021

The museum's reopening exhibition uses the fragility of fired clay to throw attention back on to ecological decline, ecosystem collapse and environmental change

Airborne mapping of the tree canopy in a tropical West African forest

If you go down to the woods today…

10 February 2015

Recent advances in medical imaging are being applied to airborne remote sensing of vegetation, enabling conservation scientists to see the wood and the trees.

Global soil carbon: new study highlights the need for better understanding and management

11 February 2014

The first comprehensive overview of the world’s largest terrestrial pool of carbon highlights the importance of soil carbon conservation in mitigating global climate change.

Botanic Garden names new Director

09 January 2013

Dr Beverley Glover has been named as the new Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Dr Glover will take up the post, and the associated Professorship of Plant Systematics and Evolution to which she has been elected, in July 2013.

‘Extreme Sleepover #2’ – a night in Ghana’s tropical forest

23 December 2011

In the second of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, zoologist Dr Ben Phalan ventures into a tropical forest to understand the impact of encroaching agriculture.

Farming and the fate of wild nature

19 July 2011

As the drive to increase food production gathers pace, conservation scientists suggest that reconciling food security with protecting biodiversity might require unexpected solutions.

Articles about 'Cambridge Conservation Initiative'

Museum of Zoology displays ceramic art to explore Earth's 'breaking points'

If you go down to the woods today…

Global soil carbon: new study highlights the need for better understanding and management

Botanic Garden names new Director

‘Extreme Sleepover #2’ – a night in Ghana’s tropical forest

Farming and the fate of wild nature

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