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A virtual rainforest

Event start: 20 October 2023

Abstract: Ecologists study living organisms and their interactions with the physical environment, but as ecologists we seldom attempt to understand ecosystems in their entirety. This seminar will present a system-level overview of the ecological processes operating in a Malaysian rainforest, and explain how we are converting this knowledge into a digital twin ecosystem – the […]

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Screening of the ‘Good Natured’ film festival

Event start: 13 October 2023

Conservation Optimism and the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery present a screening of inspiring and empowering stories from across the natural world. In the face of environmental erosion and human negligence, it is all too easy to regard our planet with despair. But nestled amongst the prevailing stories of loss and destruction, there are inspiring […]

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Nature is Culture: The Deep Global History and Transformative Future of Nature-Sustaining Landscapes

Event start: 27 October 2023

Global historical reconstructions of human transformation and use of landscapes confirms that most of terrestrial nature as we know it, including Earth’s most biodiverse landscapes, are cultural legacies of centuries to millennia of sustained human use. Efforts to build a better future for people and the nature begin by recognizing that cultural natures, including those […]

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In search of the holy grail – the one true biodiversity metric

Event start: 29 September 2023

Abstract: Signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Global Biodiversity Framework promised to work towards halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity by 2030 – a bold mission, and one which has a plethora of sub-targets and indicators associated with it. How these indicators will scale from local to global and how they can be […]

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The recovery of ecosystem complexity in a changing environment

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In this lecture, restoration ecologist David Moreno Mateos will discuss the traditional methods used to assess the recovery of terrestrial ecosystems—such as changes in biodiversity or soil carbon levels—and highlight their limitations.

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Welcome to our new Knowledge Exchange Officer, Kay Jenkinson

11 August 2023

  We are pleased to welcome Kay Jenkinson to the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery as our Knowledge Exchange Officer. Kay will be assisting researchers to develop strong links with stakeholders to enable greater impact for their research. “Knowledge exchange is all about finding ways to ensure that academic discovery and ideas are taken up and […]

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Holistic Management: Claims are not supported but are there social lessons to be learnt?

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The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery is interested in promoting a wide variety of views and opinions on nature recovery from researchers and practitioners.  The views, opinions and positions expressed within this lecture are those of the author alone, they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature […]

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We’re recruiting: Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Influence of Natural Environments on Health and Wellbeing

10 August 2023

We are seeking an experienced scientist with a background in Biology and/or Experimental Psychology with interests in plant ecology, environmental science and the nexus between nature and human well-being. Experience in developing field and clinical experiments is also desirable

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