Sustainable productivity: creating a framework for multifunctional land use

At present, the UK is set to go over budget with our allocation of finite space: Additional land equivalent to the area of Northern Ireland [...] Read more April 26, 2023

Protecting biodiversity and combating climate change: critical actions for a sustainable future

Climate change and biodiversity loss are deeply intertwined crises that are threatening the well-being of humans and nature, reducing Nature’s Contributions to People that sustain [...] Read more April 24, 2023

Going beyond market-based mechanisms to finance nature-based solutions and foster sustainable futures

Investments in activities that exploit and destroy biodiversity and its ecosystems currently outweigh investments in restoration and preservation. Subsidies for extractive industries total 1.8 trillion [...] Read more April 5, 2023

New agenda for ecological research in the UK

A new report published today by the British Ecological Society sets out a research agenda for ecology over the next 25 years. The Future of [...] Read more March 23, 2023

UK public calls for urgent action to protect the natural world following the country’s first citizens’ assembly for nature

The People’s Plan for Nature has launched today and it calls for an urgent shift in our relationship with the natural world. The plan was [...] Read more March 23, 2023

Threatened woodlands in the UK highlighted in BBC’s Wild Isles

The rich biodiversity of the UK’s threatened woodlands were the feature of the latest episode of the BBC’s Wild Isles documentary. In the Scottish Highlands, [...] Read more March 20, 2023

Applications open for NbS Policy Research Assistant

The Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) is now accepting applications for a new research assistant focused on financing and policy related to NbS in the UK. [...] Read more March 10, 2023

Mobilizing funding for equitable transdisciplinary research partnerships

The new Sentinel briefing on Funding equitable transdisciplinary research partnerships for societal impact is now out. NbSI team member Alexandre Chausson was a contributing author on [...] Read more March 1, 2023

Agroforestry research: two fully-funded DPhil (PhD) NbSI positions (closing March 31st)

The NbSI has two new DPhil (PhD) roles available to start this coming autumn (2023), and the deadline to apply has been extended to midday [...] Read more February 20, 2023

Increased success in large carnivore translocations and rewilding

A new study in the journal Biological Conservation, a team of researchers led by the NbSI’s Seth Thomas looked at factors which influence the success of [...] Read more February 16, 2023

Sign up now for the Oxford Nature Recovery Symposium

This is the last chance to sign up for the Oxford Nature Recovery Symposium. There has been a recent surge of interest in the science of [...] Read more February 14, 2023

Applications now open for Ecology Research Assistant role

This role is based in Oxford, England and we are unable to sponsor visas for short term positions. This research assistant will join the the Agile [...] Read more February 8, 2023