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Embedding sustainability and equity in forest-risk commodity value chains
A range of recent outputs from NbSI collaborations examine sustainability, equity, and power dynamics in forest-risk commodity value chains. -
Power, participation, and the politics of Nature-based Solutions: getting transformation right
A recent paper by social scientists at The Agile Initiative, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and Nature-based Solutions Initiative reminds us that new science, improved metrics, and boosting private finance solely are unlikely to be resilient in the long term unless we address the root causes of power inequality and injustice. -
AGRIIH Workshop maps interdisciplinary research opportunities for agricultural resilience
On June 2, the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) hosted its inaugural workshop at the University of Oxford, bringing together researchers from across disciplines —including colleagues from Biology, Smith School, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford Martin School and Engineering — to explore how interdisciplinary collaboration can strengthen agricultural resilience in the UK and beyond. -
Leading UK scientists urge Prime Minister to place nature at the centre of economic and climate policy
A group of over 35 senior UK academics—drawn from ecology, economics, public health and the social sciences—delivered an open letter to the Prime Minister. -
New report highlights the current landscape of agricultural research
Two new resources from the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub provide an evidence base and a forward-looking plan for shaping agricultural resilience research. -
Island Futures: Insight into Island Innovation’s 2025 Global Sustainable Islands Summit in St. Kitts & Nevis
While Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, facing disproportionate threats to their ecosystems, economies, infrastructure, and cultural heritage, they are also leading the way in innovation, resilience, and sustainability. -
Updates from the field: Cocoa agroforestry in the Ashanti region, Ghana
PhD Researcher Lubasi Limweta shares updates from fieldwork in Ghana, where the Flourishing Landscapes Programme is investigating the balance between ecological, social and economic outcomes of agroforestry systems. -
Landscape Analysis for an Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) at Oxford
Oxford University has a vision for an Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) to link its own agriculture-related research, connected disciplines, and form external partnerships to increase impact and innovation, resulting in greater resilience in agriculture in the UK and globally. -
Introducing The Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub
Oxford is developing a new interdisciplinary initiative: the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH). AGRIIH will act as a catalyst for agricultural resilience research and innovation at Oxford—bringing together diverse disciplines, external partners, and global stakeholders to drive practical, system-informed solutions. -
NbSI receives RCA grant to work on nature reconnection
On World Environment Day, we’re delighted to share that we’ve been awarded funding from the Royal College of Art’s Ecological Citizens programme to support an exciting new collaboration with nature-connection non-profit I Stand Beside. -
Oxford’s first Citizens’ Jury on people and nature
A first-of-its-kind ‘Citizens’ Jury’ brought together community members to discuss how people and nature can thrive together in Oxford. Guided by experts and facilitators, the jury co-created 8 key recommendations and a shared vision for Oxford city. We hope this experience can inspire others to explore deliberative democracy as a pathway to more inclusive and just environmental governance. -
Updating guidance for effective and just Nature-based Solutions & Ecosystem-based approaches
A three-day expert workshop hosted by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and UNEP-WCMC was held in Cambridge earlier this month, to develop a supplement to the 2019 Voluntary Guidelines on Ecosystem-based approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. NbSI’s Audrey Wagner shares key insights from the discussions. -
A “one-stop shop” for ecological monitoring of NbS
Ecological monitoring is critical to the success of nature-based solutions, ensuring they deliver benefits for biodiversity alongside tackling societal challenges. A new framework by NbSI researchers can help practitioners monitor biodiversity and soil health, including a freely available online database of metrics and methodologies. -
Can we make food production work with nature?
New BES Regenerative Agriculture report finds strong evidence that soil health and biodiversity can improve under regenerative agricultural practices, but risks of greenwashing remain strong. -
Integrated above- and below-ground ecological monitoring for nature-based solutions
Our study provides practitioners with a framework for selecting optimum metrics for assessing above- and below-ground ecological outcomes of NbS relevant to the location in which they are being implemented -
Diverse tropical forests sequester more carbon than monocultures
New research has found that diverse tropical planted forests store 57% more carbon than monoculture forests. -
Introducing the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)
A new agricultural research hub seeks to co-develop cutting-edge, industry-relevant research and innovation that supports the transformation of agriculture towards a more sustainable and resilient future. -
Scaling investment in NbS for Climate Resilient Infrastructure
A newly launched Global Tool and Finance Report, developed by the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), aim to help scale investment in nature-based solutions for climate infrastructure resilience. -
Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub
The Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) aims to generate a transformational shift in the scope of Oxford‘s agricultural research impact, by engaging industry and stakeholders to co- develop novel and industry-relevant research and innovation that transforms our agricultural systems for a sustainable future. -
Making green infrastructure work for nature, climate and people
NbSI's researcher Alison Smith has been working with Natural England to help curate existing standards and guidelines into a comprehensive framework consisting of a ‘Core Menu’ and five ‘Headline Standards’. -
Pathways to a genuinely sustainable future: Insights from the Transformative Change Assessment Report
We welcome the Transformative Change Assessment Report, developed by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). -
NbSI Research in the Spotlight
Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change was Global Change Biology's most-viewed article of 2024 with an impressive 23,232 views. -
A menu of standards for green infrastructure in England: effective and equitable or a race to the bottom?
This paper draws on original research into the design of a menu of GI standards for England, commissioned by Natural England—a United Kingdom Government agency. It describes the evolution of the standards within the context of United Kingdom government policy initiatives for nature and climate. -
Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Stocks and Fluxes Above—But Not Belowground in a Tropical Forest Experiment
We show that tree diversity significantly increased aboveground C stocks and fluxes, with a 57% higher gain in aboveground tree C in five-species mixtures compared to monocultures 16 years after planting. -
Is the Implementation of Cocoa Companies’ Forest Policies on Track to Effectively and Equitably Address Deforestation in West Africa?
This study examines the design and implementation of forest-focused supply chainpolicies (FSPs) in cocoa supply chains in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the world's two leading cocoa producers.