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wildflower meadow with fields and trees in distance — Wildflower meadow in Oxfordshire. Photo Yadvinder Malhi

The great significance of observing nature in your back garden

Yadvinder Malhi shares his rediscovery of nature at the local level Like many, I have found solace and refuge in local nature over this year of pandemic and lockdown. When able to escape from Zoom calls and cabin fever, I’ve wandered and exercised in my local floodplain meadow of the Thames. I’ve used books and […]

Nature Networking Coffee morning & talk

Join us on October 22nd 2026 at 10.30 in Seminar rooms 1&2 in the Oxford Martin School for refreshments and pastries, at 11am our speaker will join us for an informal talk. 4 million UK votes for nature. The Why and How of school-based nature education (a brief introduction). Kim Polgreen. Dept. of Education & […]

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Would a whitelist work better to regulate the world’s wildlife...

Dr Dan Challender and Dr Amy Hinsley discuss a new paper in which they evaluate the potential of ‘reverse listing’ to regulate international wildlife trade, highlighting that this approach is not a panacea. Globally, people use and trade at least 50,000 wild species for food, medicinal products, construction materials, and to support their livelihoods, among […]

Inspired by Nature. Powered by People

Celebrating a Remarkable Nature Festival 2026. On Saturday 27 June, as Oxfordshire experienced one of the hottest days of the year, hundreds of people came together for something worth celebrating: a festival that connected people with nature, with each other and with the inspiring work taking place to protect our environment. Despite the heatwave, The […]

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Exploring the deep sea

Did you know that only 0.001% of the deep ocean has been visually observed, even though it constitutes two-thirds of the planet? DPhil student Sheena Talma features on the Planet Visionaries podcast to talk about the ocean, and her fascinating research.

How to save the Amazon

In honour of journalist Dom Philips and indigenista Bruno Pereira, a gathering of Indigenous leaders, human rights and environmental defenders, researchers, and practitioners came together on Earth Day to celebrate their lives and build hope for ‘How to Save the Amazon.’ The newly launched paperback version of the book ‘How to Save the Amazon’ uncovers […]

Protected Landscape/Seascape in Brazil: What nature is being protected?

How biodiversity markets shape nature recovery

Biodiversity markets are increasingly being used in conservation policy, but we still don’t fully understand how their design shapes who gets involved and what actually happens for nature on the ground. A new open-access article in Environmental Policy and Governance by Mattia Troiano, a researcher at the ECI, and colleagues looks at this question through England’s Biodiversity […]

Conserving biodiversity for people & planet. Halting and reversing nature...

Nature underpins all human wealth and society but is under serious threat, with over a million species threatened with extinction and natural habitats disappearing. People depend on nature and its services for food, fibre, medicine, and other products, but modern production systems often cause biodiversity loss and are vulnerable to environmental change. Addressing the global […]

Trinity Term Nature Series Friday Talks

Nature by numbers – NEW PODCAST

It was super cool to be on one of my favourite pods, The Eco Chamber, last week to discuss the impacts of recent changes in BNG: https://lnkd.in/daUqqhec. I basically highlighted that the new small sites threshold was lower than government had previously suggested, which Natalie Duffus’s work shows will still pull a substantial chunk of […]

Trinity Term Nature Network Coffee Morning Talks

April 30th Dr Ada Grabowska-Zhang and Dr Joanna Bagniewska – Connecting nature and connecting with nature – tools, motivations and capacity Society is experiencing an increased disconnection from nature, which not only impacts the environment, its restoration and conservation, but also human well-being. Here we present several projects through which we give people the […]

Unlocking the value of biodiversity in the UK and Ireland

A new economic report analysing the financial impact of sequencing all complex life in the UK and Ireland has shown a huge return on investment and expected growth in scientific research Sequencing the DNA of all complex life in the UK and Ireland could generate up to almost £3 billion for the economy across […]

What happens if you try to map an entire country’s...

Alice Stuart, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery explores some of the work being carried out within the CBA Reimagining Nature Finance fellowship to understand financial flows to nature. How much finance is flowing in service of life? This feels like it should be a relatively straightforward question, and an important one, […]

Running in the Rain: Finding Focus at a Writing Retreat...

I’m running down a stony track in drizzling rain under a grey sky, singing nonsense songs* at the top of my voice because there is not another human being within a mile of me. The odd grouse, sheep or belted Galloway cow are the only potential beings to disturb in this wide, heathy landscape. […]

How to make sure the nature credits you buy are...

Sophus zu Ermgassen, University of Oxford Global leaders have committed to halting and reversing the ongoing degradation of nature within the next few decades. But with tight public budgets, governments around the world are looking towards nature markets as one way to attract more private investment into nature. Nature markets are systems for measuring an […]