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Description coming soon — The framework was conceptualised with smallholder Kichwa agroforestry farmers in Napo, Ecuador. Photo credit: Óscar Luna

A pathway towards equitable co-design with smallholder farmers

New research by the Flourishing Landscapes Programme offers a pathway towards more equitable collaboration between researchers, practitioners and smallholder farmers. The study presents a practical framework for embedding equity within co-design, moving from top-down knowledge transfer to knowledge co-production.

18 August 2026

Groundswell Festival: Sharing Oxford’s Agricultural Research

At Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival, the AGRIIH marquee was a hub for all things agriculture resilience. Researchers from across the University of Oxford showcased agricultural research across disciplines, from soil biodiversity to agricultural policy and beyond.

08 July 2026

Fishbone Deforestation Rondônia, Brazil August 5, 2016 — Fires burning to clear forest for farming and grazing in the Amazon rainforest, Rondônia, Brazil. Credit: Planet Labs, Inc., licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How can action on deforestation strengthen UK food resilience?

Introducing a new research project exploring the link between deforestation and UK food resilience. The UK government’s recent national security assessment highlights the risks of accelerating global ecosystem degradation for UK food security. In collaboration with DEFRA, the project brings together an interdisciplinary team to identify evidence-based policy solutions, funded by the Agile Initiative.

04 June 2026

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

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Coastline — The G7 Nature Compact agreement to protect, conserve and restore biodiversity was agreed at the Cornwall G7 Leaders' Summit

G7 leaders agree commitments to biodiversity and sustainability in Nature Compact

At the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Cornwall in June, countries came together and agreed a shared G7 Nature Compact – on outline of key commitments which bring G7 countries together to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, tackle climate change, deforestation, marine litter and the illegal wildlife trade. The G7 Nature Compact locks in […]

19 July 2021

River in the rainforest — The framework outlines the urgent action needed to reduce threats to biodiversity.

1st draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework released

On 12 July 2021, the 1st draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework debuted. This comes ahead of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in October, to develop the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. With 21 action targets, the draft proposes new achievable goals while underlining […]

15 July 2021

Bloom or bust? UK Biodiversity report says more action needed

NbSI Director Nathalie Seddon provided extensive evidence to the recent House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report ‘Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?’. The report urged the Government to conserve and restore UK biodiversity and ecosystems amid grave concern that of the G7 countries, the UK has the lowest level of biodiversity remaining. […]

10 July 2021

NbSI joins London Climate Action Week

NbSI Director Nathalie Seddon and Technical and Artistic Director Cécile A.J. Girardin joined London Climate Action Week to highlight the need for investment in NbS and adherence to key guidelines to ensure effective NbS. London Climate Action Week is an annual event, founded in 2019, that brings together world-leading climate professionals and communities across London […]

02 July 2021

Net Zero Nature summit: Can carbon offsets be credible?

Nathalie Seddon, Director of NbSI, recently joined Ecosia CEO Christian Kroll and the Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator‘s Eron Bloomgarden to discuss the fraught and growing market for carbon offsets. At BusinessGreen’s recent Net Zero Nature summit, a variety of attendees outlined and explored carbon offsetting and it’s caveats as a solution to climate change; how […]

23 June 2021

Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions

Mori et al. 2021 In this study the potential of positive feedbacks by nature-based solutions in improved tree diversity under future climate change scenarios. This is in contrast to the concern about undesirable feedbacks where climate change drives biodiversity loss. The study found triple wins for climate change, tree diversity and society around the world […]

20 June 2021

Webinar: Nathalie Seddon on evaluating and investing in nature-based solutions

Nathalie Seddon, Director of the NbSI, conversed with Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, for the last in a series of Oxford Martin School webinars on the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity. Nathalie starts by explaining why we should be concerned by current extinction rates, and why the diversity of life – rather […]

18 June 2021

Coral Reef Restorations Can Be Optimized to Reduce Coastal Flooding Hazards

Roelvink et al. 2021 A new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science evaluates of how coral restoration can reduce coastal flooding for various types of reefs. Coral reefs are effective natural coastal flood barriers that protect adjacent communities. Coral degradation compromises the coastal protection value of reefs while also reducing their other ecosystem services, […]

15 June 2021

Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?

Does investing in nature actually deliver development at the local level? In a recent report undertaken in collaboration with IIED we provide insights into the types of direct, site-based interventions that can help or hinder the achievement of development outcomes for local people and, ultimately, the delivery of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Sustainable […]

15 June 2021

IPBES-IPCC report on the interactions between biodiversity and climate change

A new report has been published by IPBES and the IPCC, titled: Spotlighting the Interactions of the Science of Biodiversity and Climate Change. The report examines the synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation. It is the product of a four-day workshop held in December 2020 for 50 biodiversity and […]

10 June 2021

BES Report on Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change

The British Ecological Society’s 2021 report on nature-based solutions for climate change found that nature has enormous potential to fight climate change and biodiversity loss in the UK. The report undertook a complete assessment of the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) to mitigate climate change and benefit biodiversity in the UK. Incorporating contributions from over […]

01 June 2021

Nature-based Solutions can help cool the planet – if we act now

This publication in Nature clarifies the role of NbS in climate change mitigation by presenting the projected effect of worldwide implementation of NbS on global temperatures. This approach differs from previous calculations of the climate change mitigation potential of NbS, which have focused solely on the amount of carbon that NbS could remove from the […]

12 May 2021

Panel discussion on Working with Nature for Sustainable Development

NbSI Director, Nathalie Seddon, spoke on the role of nature-based solutions in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, in a rich discussion with two world-leading scientists. Dr Susan Chomba leads the World Resources Institute’s work on forest landscape restoration, nature-based solutions, sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods in Africa, and is Director of Vital Landscapes. Sir Robert […]

07 May 2021

Seagrass Seeds of Recovery

We are thrilled to be partaking in a new project – Seagrass Seeds of Recovery – which will set up the first seagrass nursery in the UK and initiate a seagrass restoration project on the east coast. Our role will be developing a carbon code for seagrass in the UK, which will allow carbon credits […]

07 May 2021

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