Celebrating the wins in conservation
2020 was meant to be a super year but ended up being traumatic for all of us. We all now…
22nd March 2021
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Earth Optimism Nairobi
Globally, Earth Optimism is going to be celebrated against a backdrop of a pandemic that has been greatly disruptive across…
21st March 2021
Blue whale recovery at South Georgia
Blue whales were all-but wiped out from South Georgia waters by 20th century industrial whaling. For decades it seemed like…
18th March 2021
A brighter future for a dull brown bird?
The Raso lark Alauda razae is a small dull brown bird – but not just any small dull brown bird.…
15th March 2021
Art for conservation: Elaine Robinson’s SPOTtimespotTIME
Artist Elaine Robinson has been working for the last five years on a collective piece documenting significant themes of our…
12th March 2021
Ely Peregrines: an encouraging moment in the pandemic
In 2020, a pair of Peregrines bred successfully on Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire for the first time. The family became a popular attraction in the City.
9th March 2021
Finding optimism where you least expect it
Nearly two years ago my partner Dan and I were backpacking around the world. We’d “quit the nine to five”,…
4th March 2021
Stuck on a Rock: How the Lord Howe Island stick insect was brought back to life
The sound of birdsong is starting to be heard once more on Lord Howe Island after a $15 million rodent eradication project is being hailed as a success. Rats and mice had made an oversized impact on the island’s wildlife, wiping out at least five species of bird and numerous insects. One of these was the unlikely flagship species of the eradication project, the large black Lord Howe stick insect, endemic to the island but for almost a century believed to be extinct…
23rd February 2021
Empowering volunteers to deliver the evidence for conservation
Birds are perhaps the most obvious and engaging part of our fauna, attracting interest from across society. By harnessing this interest through accessible ‘citizen science’ one of CCI’s partner organisations has been delivering the evidence to support bird conservation in the UK.
16th February 2021
Growing Hope in Malawi
Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University have partnered with NGO Malawi Fruits, and the Malawi Government’s Agricultural Research Team, to test a novel new organic fertiliser produced from cattle waste. Could these problematic waste products be recycled into organic fertiliser with the potential to regenerate Malawi’s rapidly degrading soil?
16th February 2021