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Horizon Scanning: A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010
An activity of CCI, Horizon Scanning identifies emerging issues in a given field sufficiently early to conduct research to inform policy and practice. A group of horizon scanners, including academics and researchers, convened to identify fifteen nascent issues that could affect the conservation of biological diversity. These include the impacts of and potential human responses…
The unsustainable depletion of ‘natural capital’ and its relevance to business
Dr Mike Rands, Executive Director of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), says there is greater awareness of the importance of ‘natural capital’ among CEOs of businesses in emerging economies than among their European counterparts.
Research Horizons – The University of Cambridge Research Magazine
The February 2012 issue of the University of Cambridge research magazine, Research Horizons, has a special focus on biodiversity conservation and includes articles on a number of CCI collaborative projects and research programmes. Suggested citation:Research Horizons:University of Cambridge research magazine (2012) Biodiversity Conservation 17: 1-32. University of Cambridge, UK.
Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at the site scale: toolkit booklet
This booklet is one of the outputs of the project Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at the site scale: building practical tools for real-world conservation funded and supported through CCI’s Collaborative Fund for Conservation. This booklet introduces a new ‘toolkit’ for measuring ecosystem services at the site- scale which is accessible to non-experts and delivers…
Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010
CCI authors highlight future challenges for biodiversity conservation in the September 2010 issue of the journal Science. The authors argue that effective conservation of biodiversity is essential for human survival and the maintenance of ecosystem processes. Despite some conservation successes (especially at local scales) and increasing public and government interest in living sustainably, biodiversity continues…