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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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Common chimpanzee

Ebola vaccine success highlights dilemma of testing on captive chimps to save wild apes

26 May 2014

Study illustrates “high conservation potential” of vaccines for endangered wild primates devastated by viral disease, but highlights need for access...

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Illuminating Cambridge worldwide

07 Mar 2014

Arts Council England grants £87,582 to create online digital archive of Fitzwilliam Museum manuscripts.

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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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Ed Turner carrying out field work in the forests of Sumatra

What is it really like to work in scientific research today?

12 Dec 2013

A new programme offered by the Institute of Continuing Education will give participants a rare insight into the challenges involved in pushing back...

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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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Connecting science and society: much more than a problem of communication

03 Oct 2013

As the deadline fast approaches for higher education institutions to submit the evidence on which the quality of their research will be assessed, Dr...

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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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Shedding light on forests

21 May 2013

By using advanced imaging technology, scientists are able to map on an unprecedentedly large scale – and in remarkably accurate detail - what is...

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Saltmarshes starting to be inundated by the tide at Abbots Hall, Cumbria, UK

Climate change: can nature help us?

08 May 2013

Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and...

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