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The series is intended to provide a research and social focus for university lecturers, research staff and postgraduate students interested in conservation research. The primary aim is to inform university colleagues of what research is going on in different departments and to bring in high quality outside speakers. Equally, members of conservation organisations are welcome to attend. A key element is the opportunity after each talk to socialise with colleagues from different departments and organisations.

Generously funded by the CCI Strategic Initiative Fund http://www.conservation.cam.ac.uk/

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Ecological and evolutionary responses of species to climate change

UserJane Hill, Department of Biology University of York.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 15 March 2017, 17:00-18:00

Change and necessity: forest resilience and conservation for the 21st century

UserJonathan Spencer, Head of Planning & Environment Forest Enterprise Forestry Commission.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 08 March 2017, 17:00-18:00

Understanding consumer demand in the wildlife trade

UserAmy Hinsley, Oxford Martin School University of Oxford.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 01 March 2017, 17:00-18:00

Conservation and invasive species in freshwater ecosystems

UserDavid Aldridge, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 22 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

Sex, eggs and videotape: techniques in threatened bird conservation

UserDebbie Pain Director of Conservation, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT).

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 15 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

Lessons from plants that don’t stay put: Mendicant baobabs and acrobat acacias

UserChristian Kull, Institut de géographie et durabilité Université de Lausanne.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 08 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

When does environmental science get used in policy and practice?

UserDavid Rose, Department of Geography University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 01 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

UNESCO biosphere reserves: concept, challenges and opportunities

UserProfessor Martin Price, Perth College Chair of the UK MAB Committee Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development Director, Centre for Mountain Studies.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 25 January 2017, 17:00-18:00

European large carnivores are coming back, but can we keep them?

UserGuillaume Chapron, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

HouseBabbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

ClockWednesday 30 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

European large carnivores are coming back, but can we keep them?

UserGuillaume Chapron, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

HouseBabbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

ClockWednesday 30 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Surviving the 21st Century

UserMartin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh and Bonnie Wintle, The Centre for Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge.

HouseBabbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

ClockWednesday 26 October 2016, 17:00-18:00

Impact Evaluation of Protected Areas: what do we know about impacts, moderators and mechanisms?

UserHumanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies, John Hopkins University.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 09 March 2016, 17:00-18:00

Why are slow lorises venomous and will this help or hinder their conservation?

UserAnna Nekaris, Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 24 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Hot dogs: understanding climate change impacts in a tropical mammal

UserRosie Woodroffe, Institute of Zoology, London.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 17 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Bats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: conflicting priorities between conservation and public health?

UserJames Wood, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge .

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 10 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Managing tropical agriculture to minimise biodiversity loss

UserDavid Edwards, Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 03 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Science Policy and Expertise

UserRob Doubleday, Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

ClockWednesday 27 January 2016, 17:00-18:00

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: conservation after nature

UserJamie Lorimer, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 25 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Mendicant baobabs and acrobat acacias: lessons from plants that don’t stay put

UserChristian Kull, Institut de géographie et durabilité, Université de Lausanne.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 18 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Commonness and conservation: should we bother about the rare stuff?

UserSandy Knapp, Life Science Plants Division, Natural History Museum.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 11 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns: disease threats to Tasmanian Devils, frogs, koalas and woylies

UserHamish McCallum, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London .

HouseScott Polar Research Institute, main lecture theatre.

ClockWednesday 04 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

The challenge of feeding 9-10 billion people without losing most biodiversity

UserCharles Godfray, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 28 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Invasive alien species on islands: problems and solutions

UserAnthony Martin, South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project, South Georgia Heritage Trust and University of Dundee.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 21 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Conflicts in conservation: hunting for solutions

UserSteve Redpath, Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Aberdeen University.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 14 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Biodiversity and the feel good factor

UserDr Zoe Davies, University of Kent.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 04 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Where did plant diversity and sustainability begIn? Arboriculture in the ancient Roman world

UserDr Robyn Veal, Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 28 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Is Evolution (Not) Working for Infected Amphibians?

UserDr Trent Garner, Zoological Society of London.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 21 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Extending freshwater conservation beyond shorelines by linking aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

UserDr Andrew Tanentzap, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 03 December 2014, 17:00-18:00

Tracking marine turtles for conservation

UserProfessor Brendan Godley, University of Exeter.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 26 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Landscape scale conservation - a bird's eye view

UserDr Juliet Vickery, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 19 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

MPAs, mangroves and carpets: cause for #OceanOptimism?

UserDr Nick Hill, Zoological Society of London.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 05 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Planetary Boundaries 2.0: the latest advancements on defining a safe operating space for humanity on Earth

UserJohan Rockström Professor in Environmental Sciences Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 29 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

'From individuals to populations to communities: Climate change impacts on birds'

UserDr James Pearce-Higgins, Director of Science, British Trust for Ornithology.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockMonday 13 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Hybrid corn and endangered maize: historical perspectives on the conservation of plant genetic resources

UserDr Helen Curry; Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 26 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

The Politics of Thinking Big in Conservation

UserProfessor Bill Adams; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 19 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Producing Eden: Can wildlife thrive beyond national parks in India?

Joint seminar, hosted with the Cambridge University Geographical Society (CUGS)

UserDr Paul Robbins; Department of Geography International Fellow & University of Wisconsin-Madison.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 12 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Lessons from the conservation of Europe's Large Blue butterflies

UserProfessor Jeremy Thomas OBE; University of Oxford.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 05 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Friend or foe? Making sense of social research and biodiversity conservation

UserDr Chris Sandbrook; UNEP-WCMC & Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 29 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem services to environmental change

UserProfessor Adrian Newton; University of Bournemouth.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 22 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

The (moral) dilemmas of (conservation) research(ers?)

UserDr Bhaskar Vira; Director, Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI) and Department of Geography.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 04 December 2013, 17:00-18:00

Commercial Whaling:  Science, Society and International Relations

UserDr Simon Brockington, International Whaling Commission.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 27 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Conservation of UK seabirds: a big issue or a done deal?

UserProf. Sarah Wanless, Seabird Ecologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, NERC.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 20 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Predicting Amazonian deforestation and its biodiversity impacts

UserDr Rob Ewers, Reader in Ecology, Imperial College London.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 06 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making: Frontiers in Research and Policy

** Note:one-off THURSDAY seminar - no Wednesday session this week ** Joint seminar with CRASSH - Humanitas.

UserProf. Gretchen Daily, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockThursday 31 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Predicting wildlife dynamics in a changing environment

UserDr Ben Collen, Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, UCL.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 23 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Lessons from the Dodo: restoring species and ecosystems on Mauritius

UserProf. Carl Jones, Scientific Director of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, and International Conservation Fellow at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 16 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Re-wilding: putting natural processes back on track

**Last talk in Series!**

UserFrans Vera, Director, The Foundation of Natural Processes, The Netherlands.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 13 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Making Poverty History – what role for biodiversity conservation?

UserDr Dilys Roe, International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED).

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 27 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Rethinking the scope of REDD+ : Carbon stocks or triple wins?

UserDr Heike Schroeder, University of East Anglia (UEA).

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 13 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Conservation of migratory species: the importance of seasonal interactions

UserDr Jenny Gill, University of East Anglia (UEA).

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 06 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Conservation and climate change: how radical do we need to be?

UserProfessor Chris Thomas, University of York.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 30 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Molecular biology and sustainable agriculture

**First for Lent Term**

UserProfessor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 23 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

**last for Michaelmas Term**

UserProf. Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor & Australian Laureate, JCU, Australia.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 12 December 2012, 17:00-18:00

'Prosuming' Conservation: interrogating the value of conservation in the web 2.0 age

UserProf. Bram Buscher, Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 28 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

The state of the world's birds: how science underpins conservation and advocacy.

UserDr Stuart Butchart, Global Research and Indicators Co-ordinator, BirdLife International.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 21 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Shifting baselines and habitat restoration: Setting appropriate goals

UserDr Line zu Ermgassen, visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept Zoology, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 14 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Smarter ways to monitor wildlife

UserProf Kate Jones, Joint UCL and ZSL Chair, Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Zoology, ZSL.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 07 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

How useful is local ecological knowledge for conservation management? Case studies from the EDGE

UserDr Samuel Turvey, Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, ZSL..

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 31 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Saving the Tasmanian devil from a transmissible cancer

UserDr Elizabeth Murchison, Junior Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge & Research Fellow in Cancer Genetics & Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute..

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 24 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene: what does this mean for conservation?

UserDr Simon Lewis, Royal Society Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 17 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

How might we make space for nature in landscapes of the future?

** First talk of term **

UserDr Ben Phalan, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 10 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

REDD: a good idea, impossible to implement?

Last in Series for 2012!

UserArild Angelsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB).

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 14 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Geodiversity, geoconservation & geomorphological services: Challenges beyond 2012.

UserTom Spencer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 07 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Wombats, Weapons & Water: the making of international conservation treaties.

UserCatherine MacKenzie, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 15 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

How high should Climate Change taxes be?

UserChris Hope, Cambridge Judge Business School.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 08 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Linking science, policy & practice for wildlife conservation on farmland.

UserLynn Dicks, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 01 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

iTrade Wildlife: detecting rare online behaviour

First in Lent Term's Series

UserDavid Roberts, DICE, University of Kent.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 25 January 2012, 17:00-18:00

Biodiversity offsets and the journey to No Net Loss.

Last talk of term

UserKerry ten Kate, BBOP Forest Trends.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 30 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Getting real about Marine Protected Areas: pragmatism in design and implementation.

UserAmanda Vincent, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia..

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 23 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Mapping Africa's natural capital: progress, problems, potential

UserRuth Swetnam, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 16 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

The Natural Way to Care: how exposure to natural environments shapes human relationships.

UserNetta Weinstein, Department of Psychology, University of Essex.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 09 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Counting and Conserving the World's 'Missing' Species

UserLucas Joppa, CEES Microsoft Research.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 02 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Conserving India's Forests: participation, forest rights and ecosystem services.

UserBhaskar Vira, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 26 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

The Ecosystem Service Paradigm: progress towards a more sustainable future.

UserSteve Albon, Valuing Nature Network,The James Hutton Institute.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 19 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

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