Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building


2016-01-20 17:00: Biodiversity conservation and the Green Economy: complementary or competing objectives? Can we have both, and what do we need to know? (Kathy Willis Department of Zoology, Oxford University & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

2016-01-27 17:00: Science Policy and Expertise (Rob Doubleday, Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge)

2016-02-03 17:00: Managing tropical agriculture to minimise biodiversity loss (David Edwards, Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield)

2016-02-10 17:00: Bats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: conflicting priorities between conservation and public health? (James Wood, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge )

2016-02-17 17:00: Hot dogs: understanding climate change impacts in a tropical mammal (Rosie Woodroffe, Institute of Zoology, London)

2016-02-24 17:00: Why are slow lorises venomous and will this help or hinder their conservation? (Anna Nekaris, Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University)

2016-03-02 17:00: Hook, line and extinction: can science save albatrosses from fisheries? (Richard Philips, British Antarctic Survey)

2016-03-09 17:00: Impact Evaluation of Protected Areas: what do we know about impacts, moderators and mechanisms? (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies, John Hopkins University)

2016-04-20 17:30: CSI of the Sea: the science behind cetacean strandings (Rob Deaville, Cetacean Strandings Investigation)

2016-05-27 16:00: 90 days to secure the deal! The creation of a large new shark sanctuary within the Galapagos Marine Reserve (Pippa Heylings)

2016-06-07 16:00: Meta-(DNA)barcoding & the ecology of coral-reef fish (Moshe Kiflawi (Ben Gurion University, Israel))

2017-01-25 17:00: UNESCO biosphere reserves: concept, challenges and opportunities (Professor Martin Price, Perth College Chair of the UK MAB Committee  Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development Director, Centre for Mountain Studies)

2017-02-01 17:00: When does environmental science get used in policy and practice?  (David Rose, Department of Geography University of Cambridge)

2017-02-08 17:00: Lessons from plants that don’t stay put:  Mendicant baobabs and acrobat acacias (Christian Kull, Institut de géographie et durabilité Université de Lausanne)

2017-02-15 17:00: Sex, eggs and videotape: techniques in threatened bird conservation (Debbie Pain Director of Conservation, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT))

2017-02-22 17:00: Conservation and invasive species in freshwater ecosystems  (David Aldridge, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge)

2017-03-01 17:00: Understanding consumer demand in the wildlife trade (Amy Hinsley, Oxford Martin School University of Oxford)

2017-03-08 17:00: Change and necessity: forest resilience and conservation for the 21st century (Jonathan Spencer, Head of Planning & Environment Forest Enterprise Forestry Commission)

2017-03-15 17:00: Ecological and evolutionary responses of species to climate change (Jane Hill, Department of Biology University of York)

2017-10-18 17:00: Transformative transparency and a deforestation free economy: how supply chain information can improve supply chain governance and sustainability (Dr Toby Gardner, Stockholm Environment Institute)

2017-11-01 17:00: The power of non-invasive approaches to conservation science (Dr Sam Wasser, University of Washington )

2017-11-15 17:00: The success and challenges of grassroots conservation initiatives in the Amazon (Dr Judith Schleicher, University of Cambridge       )

2017-11-24 14:30: Social Marketing in Conservation (Diogo  Verissimo, John Hopkins University)

2017-11-29 17:00: Conservation 4.0 - Will robots take your job? (Professor Kate Jones, UCL)

2017-12-13 17:00: Coral reefs and climate change: Ecological surprises from the epicentre of the 2015-2016 El Niño (Dr Julia Baum, University of Victoria )

2018-01-24 17:00: How satellite imagery is transforming conservation science (Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, Zoological Society of London)

2018-02-07 17:00: Climate change, species' abundance changes and protected areas (Dr Aleksi Lehikoinen, Finnish Museum of Natural History  )

2018-02-21 17:00: Saving our bumblebees (Professor Dave Goulson, University of Sussex)

2018-10-17 17:00: Do conservation efforts aimed at slowing deforestation and improving local wellbeing work - and how do we know? (Professor Julia Jones, Bangor University )

2018-10-18 17:00: Developments in the measurement of natural capital to advance sustainability assessment (Associate Professor Eli Fenichel, Yale University )

2018-10-31 17:00: Forest conservation policy: from monitoring to design (Associate Professor Guy Ziv, University of Leeds)

2018-11-14 17:00: Sustainability through environmental liability: getting conservationists and political ecologists into the courtroom (Dr Jacob Phelps, Lancaster University)

2018-11-28 17:00: Just because you’re small doesn’t mean biodiversity isn’t important! – Importance of phytoplankton diversity for the global carbon cycle (Katherine Richardson, Professor Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

2019-01-23 17:00: Climate resilience through science, practice, and public participation (Professor Adina Merelender, University of California, Berkeley )

2019-02-06 17:00: Saving the world’s biodiversity spreadsheet by spreadsheet (Dr Stuart Butchart, BirdLife International)

2019-02-20 17:00: Is the nutrition in our crops declining? (James Wong, Botanist, science writer & broadcaster)

2019-02-27 17:00: Linking knowledge to action at scales that matter: lessons from the past, thoughts about the future (Professor Pamela Matson, Stanford University)

2019-03-06 17:00: A university role in fostering social change (Professor Stephen Toope, University of Cambridge)

2019-03-20 17:00: First Line of Defence: engaging communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade (Dr Dilys Roe, IIED)

2019-10-16 17:00: Where The Wild Things Are: Investigating the spatial distribution patterns of highly mobile species (Speaker to be confirmed)

2019-10-16 17:00: Where The Wild Things Are: Investigating the spatial distribution patterns of highly mobile species (Dr Charlotte Boyd, University of Washington, Seattle)