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Description coming soon — Members to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are obligated to conserve High Conservation Value forests within oil palm plantations. Photo by Emily Waddell

Pathways to strengthen biodiversity protection in oil palm landscapes

A new study published today in Ecological Solutions and Evidence examines the challenges and solutions for protecting biodiversity within oil palm landscapes. Palm oil is a major global commodity, yet its production can come at significant environmental and social costs. Drawing on practitioner interviews, the study proposes recommendations to strengthen biodiversity protection and social safeguards in oil palm landscapes.

04 February 2026

Join the Nature-based Solutions Symposium: Who benefits, who decides, who pays?

Despite their potential, the adoption of Nature-based Solutions has been piecemeal and nowhere near the scale needed to address the societal challenges we face. Join researchers, practitioners and policymakers at the Nature-based Solutions Symposium June 2026 to explore four crucial questions for enabling NbS to tackle pressing societal and environmental challenges: Who benefits? Who decides? Who pays? What’s missing? Earlybird registration open until 27th May 2026.

28 April 2026

Science vs politics: Why the Soy Moratorium is critical for protecting the Amazon

The Soy Moratorium is a landmark agreement between soybean traders, governments and civil society to avoid the purchase of soy produced on land deforested in the Amazon. In early 2026 the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE) announced its withdrawal from the Moratorium. NbSI Research Fellow Aline Soterroni explains why this decision goes against the science.

02 March 2026

At the interface of science and policy: IPBES12 Plenary on Business and Biodiversity

Following a week of negotiations in Manchester, more than 150 governments have approved the Summary for Policymakers of the new Assessment: Impact and Dependence of Business on Biodiversity and Nature’s Contributions to People. The BizBiodiversity Assessment makes it unequivocally clear that all businesses depend on and impact biodiversity and can be agents of positive change.

18 February 2026

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NbS Foundation Course kicks off: Meet the Scholars

We are delighted to welcome the newest cohort to the NbS Foundation Course and congratulate the scholars who have been selected for several highly competitive full and partial scholarships! Over the following weeks participants will explore the interdisciplinary landscape of NbS, from their role in climate mitigation and adaptation, to economics and sustainable development, and how they can be embedded in policy, finance and business.

06 May 2026

How to Save the Amazon

In honour of journalist Dom Philips and indigenista Bruno Pereira, a gathering of Indigenous leaders, human rights and environmental defenders, researchers and practitioners came together on Earth Day to celebrate their lives and build hope for 'How to Save the Amazon.' The new book uncovers drivers of deforestation and searches for solutions; it explores how we can fight ecological destruction and stand in solidarity with the frontline defenders of the Amazon.

29 April 2026

Join the Nature-based Solutions Symposium: Who benefits, who decides, who pays?

28 April 2026

A roadmap for UK pulses: nature, net zero and nutrition

Beans and pulses have the potential to support soil health, lower-carbon diets, and human nutrition - but despite these benefits, consumption and production in the UK remains low. A new Science-Policy project built a roadmap towards realising the benefits of pulses - for nature, net zero and nutrition - in practice in the UK.

30 March 2026

Science vs politics: Why the Soy Moratorium is critical for protecting the Amazon

02 March 2026

At the interface of science and policy: IPBES12 Plenary on Business and Biodiversity

18 February 2026

A empty lecture hall — "The course’s use of empirical evidence and real-world case studies made learning highly relevant and practical." - course alumnus, October 2025

Apply for our next NbS Foundation Course – Earlybird discount available

Limited earlybird discount places available for our next NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course (April 2026). Apply now to gain a solid foundation in the science, policy, practice, finance, and governance of nature-based solutions

12 February 2026

Building Agricultural Resilience Together: AGRIIH at Oxford Real Farming Conference

AGRIIH had a busy start to the year, working to bridge research and practice for agricultural resilience, with a successful Research Showcase, a panel at the Oxford Real Farming Conference and live-mural painting.

10 February 2026

Pathways to strengthen biodiversity protection in oil palm landscapes

04 February 2026

Ecosystem collapse recognised as a critical national security issue by UK government

The UK Government has just released a report that, if taken seriously, should transform how we think about climate, nature and security. 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security' is an official national security assessment that applies the same analytical tools used for high-impact security threats - structured uncertainty judgements, confidence levels, and “reasonable worst-case” planning - to the ecological crisis. Its conclusions align closely with the evidence presented at the recent National Emergency Briefing and with the World Economic Forum's latest Global Risks Report.

21 January 2026

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Small Island Developing States

A first-of-its-kind review provides valuable evidence that NbS can be effective climate adaptation strategies in SIDS, with broadly positive social, ecological, and economic outcomes. Just published by Zoe Brown in Frontiers in Environmental Science, the study shows the potential of NbS to provide triple-win outcomes and synergies across the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus, and to address critical threats facing SIDS globally, including coastal risks, economic instability, and food insecurity.

07 January 2026

Scholars complete NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course

Congratulations to the October 2025 cohort who have just completed our Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course!

19 December 2025

Nature-based solutions in England’s new Environmental Improvement Plan

England’s revised Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 makes a clearer case for nature recovery as something that underpins, rather than competes with, economic security, climate resilience, public health and food production. But the plan still leaves open a central question: will the scale, pace and cross-government backing be strong enough to reverse ecological decline in time?

17 December 2025

Oxford AGRIIH Showcase: Building Agricultural Resilience Together

Join us for the Oxford AGRIIH Showcase - a free fringe event to the Oxford Real Farming Conference and Oxford Farming Conference which will bring together researchers, farmers, and agricultural stakeholders to explore how research and action can work together to build agricultural resilience.

15 December 2025

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