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.
CCI Conservation Seminar: Ashish Kothari
Title: Radical Conservation and Well-being: Towards Justice and Sustainability Date/Time: February 20th, 2023, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: DAB Main Seminar Room & Online Via Zoom Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group, Puna, India. The world is going through unprecedented crises, including ecological collapse, climate change, growing inequality, war and conflict. There is an urgent search for…
CCI Conservation Seminar: Post-COP15 panel discussion
Title: COP15 – What next? Date/Time: February 1st, 2023, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: DAB Main Seminar Room & Online Via Zoom Stuart Butchart (Birdlife), Clare Shine (CISL), Georgina Chandler (RSPB) and Neville Ash (UNEP-WCMC) Four short talks followed by audience discussion, chaired by Andrew Plumptre (BirdLife International & IUCN). Online participants need to register for a Zoom link…
CCI Conservation Seminar: Prof David Ackerly
Title: Plant diversity, climate change, and conservation: The view from California Date/Time: January 18th, 2023, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: DAB Main Seminar Room & Online Via Zoom California hosts a diverse flora, with approximately 50% of taxa endemic to the floristic region, assembled from a mix of temperate and subtropical lineages. The Mediterranean-type climate, together with topographic…
CCI Conservation Seminar: Prof Stuart Pimm
Title: The 30% solution is neither necessary nor sufficient. Date/Time: January 16th, 2023, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: DAB Main Seminar Room & Online Via Zoom At COP 15, nations considered the aspirations for the next decade in terms of stemming the loss of biodiversity. The problem is easy to state: human actions are driving species to extinction…
Conservation seminar: Will the Global Commons determine our future?
Professor Johan Rockström joins us from the University of Potsdam for this week’s seminar. 70 years into the Anthropocene, and we start seeing cracks in the biophysical resilience of the Earth system. The global commons – the large biophysical systems that we know contribute to regulate the state of the Earth system, are in many…