CCI was delighted to be a co-host for the New Networks for Nature conference, Nature Matters, in September 2016. This was the eighth New Networks for Nature conference, and the first to take place in Cambridge. Building on the broad interdisciplinary networks that the New Networks for Nature group have fostered over the years, speakers at this year’s conference included poets, singers, researchers and journalists. The Saturday of the conference also offered a new feature, in which attendees were able to take part in practical workshops throughout the David Attenborough Building. The conference closed with a final sessions focusing on hope, which included a rousing (and hope-filled) speech by Sir David Attenborough; the video of this last session can be viewed here.

You can read more about the conference on the New Networks for Nature website

The Youth Nature Network, A Focus on Nature, has also written a blog about attending the conference.