Events
CCI hosts a number of events and seminars throughout the year designed to share a broader understanding of nature conservation. Some of these are aimed at conservation professionals and some are aimed at the general public. Some are online and some are held at the David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
Conservation Seminar: Celebrating CCI alumni
This week’s Conservation Seminar will take a slightly different format. Two graduates of CCI’s MPhil in Conservation Leadership, and one from Tropical biology Association’s training programme, will be discussing their current work. The speakers are: Mialy Andriamahefazafy: Mobilising social science for marine conservation: the case of tuna in the Indian Ocean Mwangi Githiru: Implementing REDD+:…
Understanding the risks to human well-being from pollinator decline
As part of the Conservation Seminar Series, Dr Lynn Dicks, lecturer in animal ecology at the University of Cambridge and visiting researcher at the University of East Anglia, will be looking at the relationship between insect pollinators and human well-being. Join us on Zoom 4-5pm. Registration is required- see link below. https://jbs-cam.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcuyrqD0sHtIbIN-HFRS1bf1FN2tY_1yk
Considering landscape-level processes in ecosystem service evaluations
This week’s CCI conservation seminar will be delivered by Prof Jean-Paul Metzger from the University of São Paulo. Join us on Zoom from 4-5pm GMT. Register in advance for this meeting: https://jbs-cam.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwod-uvrDkrHt1xJWY2tOgJAPn8INWolZZ_ The provision of ecosystem services is inherently spatial. Landscape structure can affect the provision of services through multiple landscape-level processes, such as fragmentation, edge and…
What are the effects of Covid-19 on conservation?
As part of the Conservation Seminar Series, CCI executive director Dr. Mike Maunder and Dr. Nancy Ockendon, Science Coordinator for the Endangered Landscapes Programme, will be looking at the impacts of the Covid pandemic on conservation practice. Join us on Zoom 4-5pm. Registration is required- see link below. https://jbs-cam.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlduCprT0iH9UApY1Al3kzXJA30iuoGh3f
Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications
For this week’s Conservation Seminar we are delighted to welcome Dr Anthony Waldron, who is currently the Lead Author on the 30 x 30 Economic Analysis project, which brings together over 100 researchers across ten disciplines to examine the economic impacts of the proposed CBD target to protect 30% of the planet for nature. Dr…