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Supporting innovative research and short term projects for Nature Recovery
About
The Centre recently launched a call to fund inter-disciplinary projects in the field of nature recovery. The entries were all of an extremely high calibre, and we are pleased to be report on these projects here.
The purpose of the funding is to kickstart short research projects which:
- Expose researchers to the challenges and opportunities of working in a cross-discipline environment
- Gather early data and approaches to addressing thought-provoking questions in nature recovery
- Pump-prime more speculative research that has the potential to evolve into something of far greater magnitude OR to provide “early wins” on impact, outreach and engagement
- Promote links and sharing of insights, approaches, ideas between the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery’s themes, or between the Centre and other relevant programmes within the University
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Oxfordshire’s greenspace-deprived neighbourhoods
Coordinating author: Martha Crockatt
This report explores Natural England’s Green Infrastructure data to identify neighbourhoods in Oxfordshire experiencing both socio-economic deprivation and poor provision of accessible greenspace, with a view to these neighbourhoods being prioritised in terms of planning, allocation of funding, and effort for improving quality and quantity of accessible greenspace.
Contributors: Matt Witney (Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership), Alison Smith (University of Oxford), Rosie Rowe (Oxfordshire County Council), Mark Hirons (University of Oxford), Constance McDermott (University of Oxford), Camilla Burrow (Wild Oxfordshire) and Joseph Gent (University of Oxford).
Oxfordshire’s greenspace-deprived neighbourhoods
A new report which has just been launched explores Natural England’s Green Infrastructure data to identify neighbourhoods in Oxfordshire experiencing both socio-economic deprivation and poor provision of accessible greenspace, with a view to these neighbourhoods being prioritised in terms of planning, allocation of funding, and effort for improving quality and quantity of accessible greenspace.
Research at the interface of indigenous and western science in the Amazonian Peatlands
Our researchers, Aoife Bennet and Jesus Aguirre-Gutierrez, along with partners in Peru are empirically applying an intercultural interdisciplinary mapping methodology “Non Oñamboan Joi” for assessing nature recovery potential in the Amazon.
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Oxfordshire’s green space-deprived neighbourhoods
17 April 2024A report, released today by the researchers in the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, identifies neighbourhoods in Oxfordshire experiencing both socio-economic deprivation and poor provision of accessible green spaces, with a view to these neighbourhoods being prioritised in terms of planning, allocation of funding, and effort for improving quality and quantity of accessible green spaces. […]
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If you believe…An alternative vision for role of the state with Dr. Sophus Zu Ermgassen
14 March 2024What role does the state have to play in nature recovery? If we are serious about halting the decline in biodiversity do we need to lay out a more ambitious agenda that can unify the currently fragmented aspects of private nature finance, state intervention and the role of public sector institutions. This is part of […]
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Mission-Oriented Public Policy for Nature Recovery
7 March 2024The English government (environmental policy is largely devolved) has ambitious plans for nature recovery, but its proposed strategy positions the government as a relatively passive player whose job is to create compliance markets and de-risk private investments in nature to ensure they deliver appealing returns. However, there are whole host of risks and negative unintended […]
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