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

If you go down to the woods today…

10 Feb 2015

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

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Mountain forest mist

Does it help conservation to put a price on nature?

30 Oct 2014

Assigning an economic value to the benefits which nature provides might not always promote the conservation of biodiversity, and in some cases may...

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Bee

Online resource to support the work of biodiversity conservation organisations

01 Oct 2014

A free online resource, launched today (1 October), will help conservation organisations share expertise and tools, aiding them in addressing some of...

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West Summerland Key Mangrove Ecosystem, Florida Keys

Putting a value on what nature does for us

11 Sep 2014

Interactive online tool allows the value of an ecosystem to be calculated, and allows users to determine how altering a habitat can affect its...

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Himalayan Shaman

Economic success drives language extinction

03 Sep 2014

Thriving economies are the biggest factor in the disappearance of minority languages and conservation should focus on the most developed countries...

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First atlas of Inuit Arctic trails launched

10 Jun 2014

New digital resource brings together centuries of cultural knowledge for the first time, showing that networks of trails over snow and sea ice...

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Lets Play a Game:)!

New EU reforms fail European wildlife

05 Jun 2014

Despite political proclamation of increased environmental focus, experts argue that the European Union’s recent agricultural reforms are far too weak...

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View of Scheveningen Sands by Hendrick van Anthonissen

Whale tale: a Dutch seascape and its lost Leviathan

04 Jun 2014

Earlier this year a conservator at the Hamilton Kerr Institute made a surprising discovery while working on a 17th-century painting owned by the...

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Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger

Scientists highlight the resurrection of extinct animals as both a strong possibility and a major potential conservation issue

23 Dec 2013

Scientists from across the world have “scanned the horizon” in order to identify potentially significant medium and long-term threats to conservation...

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Amazonia at a crossroads

17 Oct 2013

The Amazon rainforest faces an uncertain future – one that an international research network hopes to help steer towards sustainability.

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Taraxacum seed head

Cambridge to develop new Conservation Research Institute

20 Sep 2013

The development of a new Conservation Research Institute will be the latest addition to a flourishing conservation community in Cambridge.

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Mangrove trees along a coastline, Everglades National Park.

Mangroves could survive sea-level rise if protected

31 Jul 2013

Human activity is currently a bigger threat to mangroves, and the natural defences they provide against storm surges and other coastal disasters...

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