Past events

Fixing our broken relationship with nature.

Event ended: 26 September 2023

This talk will consider our broken relationship with nature and introduce the science of nature connectedness, why it matters and how to improve it in order to unite both human and nature’s wellbeing.

The recovery of ecosystem complexity in a changing environment

Event ended: 22 September 2023

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.

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

Event ended: 08 September 2023

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 […]

Is livestock grazing essential to mitigating climate change?

Event ended: 11 July 2023

George Monbiot and Allan Savory will be taking part in a timely debate on 11th July supported by the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. Hosted by the Museum of Natural History in Oxford.

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40 years of conservation in Sabah

Event ended: 04 July 2023

In his talk, “40 years of conservation in Sabah”, Glyn will consider the changes that have taken place in this Bornean state of East Malaysia since the late 1970s. Early survey results will be compared with more recent research findings to illustrate the impacts of timber logging, palm oil production and hunting on orangutans, elephants, […]

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A future for nature: quantitative perspectives on land and biodiversity under global change

Event ended: 28 June 2023

Our understanding of nature is incomplete, and nowhere is this more evident than when faced with the challenge of maintaining a viable natural world under the dual pressures of land use and climate change. Differing values and ad hoc solutions risk an incoherent and piecemeal response, with nebulous consequences. We need clearly defined measures of […]

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Connected Conservation: rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world

Event ended: 16 June 2023

Connected Conservation is a dual-branched conservation model that calls for the conservation community to embrace novel actions to tackle distant wealth-related drivers of biodiversity decline, while enhancing site-level conservation to empower biodiversity stewards.

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Quantifying and predicting resilience from individuals, to populations, to whole communities

Event ended: 09 June 2023

Understanding and predicting the responses to natural systems to disturbances has been a fundamental goal of Ecology since its birth as a science.

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Climate change and nature recovery from global thinking to local action

Event ended: 14 June 2023

The links between the climate and nature crises are clear. Climate shapes patterns of biodiversity at all scales from global to local; ecosystems are key to the global carbon cycle and often mediate the impacts of climate change on people. The latest IPCC reports show how the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity […]

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The Jewel Box: How moths illuminate nature’s hidden rules.

Event ended: 19 May 2023

In THE JEWEL BOX, Tim reflects on what he has learned in the last thirty years of work as a scientist studying ecosystems and demonstrates how the contents of one small box can illuminate the workings of all nature.

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