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Photo of Sir David Attenborough on a visit to Cambridge Conservation Research Initiative

Sir David Attenborough's 'joy' on visit to Cambridge Conservation Initiative

27 Sep 2024

Sir David Attenborough spoke of how he feels during visits to the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) when he stopped by the CCI conservation...

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Partha Dasgupta wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Economics

04 Apr 2024

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Economics, St. John's) wins the BBVA award for Economics, Finance and Management for his groundbreaking work in...

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Adult cicada on a leaf

Swarming cicadas, stock traders, and the wisdom of the crowd

01 Feb 2024

The springtime emergence of vast swarms of cicadas can be explained by a mathematical model of collective decision-making with similarities to models...

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The Lost Words: a ‘spell book’ that closes the gap between childhood and nature

01 Jan 2022

The Lost Words is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris that summons the magic of nature to help children find, love and protect the natural...

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Transcribing together

23 Jul 2021

Volunteers join together to help the Cambridge Digital Library transcribe the notebooks of notable British ecologist, Oliver Rackham.

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Mangrove ready to be planted

Cambridge researchers lead policy briefing on Nature-based Solutions for the climate and biodiversity crises

30 Apr 2021

As societies face the triple challenge of avoiding the worst effects of climate change, protecting remaining biodiversity and improving human...

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Green recovery must end the reign of GDP, argue Cambridge and UN economists

15 Dec 2020

The University helps the United Nations launch a new 'Ecosystem Accounting' framework: allowing governments to better include and reflect nature in...

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Kingfisher

Cambridge hosts World Economic Forum meeting looking at role of nature in delivering development goals

22 Jan 2019

Sir David Attenborough will join the Cambridge Conservation Initiative as it hosts an event at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos...

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The Lost Words: inspiring children to love and protect nature

30 Nov 2018

The Lost Words is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris that summons the magic of nature to help children find, love and protect the natural...

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A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones, 1813, by John Mawe

Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with landmark exhibition

24 Nov 2017

A box full of diamonds, volcanic rock from Mount Vesuvius, and the geology guide that Darwin packed for his epic voyage on the Beagle will go on...

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Bottlenose dolphins in the Moray Firth. Scotland

Where the river meets the sea: the making of ethical decisions

10 Aug 2016

What is our place in the natural world – and how do we feel about the scientific advances that are changing the way we live? In her book Making a...

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Nan Shepherd celebrated: the Scottish writer who knew mountains

04 May 2016

The writer Nan Shepherd (1893-1981), who was quietly acclaimed in her lifetime, is the face of a new Royal Bank of Scotland bank note. One of...

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