News archive
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How many lakes does it take to feed an eagle?
Postdoctoral Researcher Brennen Fagan discusses how mathematics might help us understand the Lake District.
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Working on biodiversity and trade, a perspective from a government analyst
PhD student Marco Franzoi gives his thoughts on biodiversity and the risks that it can be subjected to.
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PhD students Molly Brown and Megan Tarrant discuss participating in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Network
The Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN) aims to provide opportunities for Early Career Researchers to develop transferable skills and leadership; come together to think through cross-cutting and topical issues; and develop collaborative research with other ECRs from around the world.
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Seasonality and Human Agency in the Anthropocene
PhD student Andrew Gibson discusses a recent LCAB research forum led by Dr Felicia Liu, a lecturer in sustainability in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York.
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The natures of life and death: A week at Wageningen University
In early April 2023, PhD student Nikki Paterson attended an intensive political ecology spring school at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Led by Professor Bram Büscher and Dr Robert Fletcher, and hosted by the School of Social Sciences, the week was centred around the theme 'The natures of life and death: Political ecologies of collapse, transformation and revival'.
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Ivory demand reduction approaches: Teething problems
PhD student Molly Brown discusses how she is interested in the effectiveness of the approaches undertaken to curb consumer demand for ivory, commonly referred to as demand reduction, and assesses the potential for actual behavioural change across the landscape of demand reduction approaches.
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The future of food production
PhD student Theo Tomking shares the focus of his research which looks at representations of soils in tropics in the twentieth century.