Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
Working to understand & support what it takes to deliver effective, inclusive & scalable nature recovery. https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
Our talks in person & online: https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
Our talks in person & online: https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
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We are organising a full day conference and workshop on Climate and Communication on Saturday 24th January at @ecioxford.bsky.social . If you would like to help with this event, please email: climate@oxfoe.co.uk and register to attend at actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
December 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We are organising a full day conference and workshop on Climate and Communication on Saturday 24th January at @ecioxford.bsky.social . If you would like to help with this event, please email: climate@oxfoe.co.uk and register to attend at actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
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NbSI Deputy Director Dr Jennifer Lucey will be speaking at Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026!
🌾Co-creating resilience: Nature, Farmers and Science🌾
Chaired by E.J. Milner-Gulland, with Monika Zurek, Jennifer Lucey, George Bennett & Tom McVeigh
📅 8th Jan, 11:00-12:20, Jesus College Ship Street
🌾Co-creating resilience: Nature, Farmers and Science🌾
Chaired by E.J. Milner-Gulland, with Monika Zurek, Jennifer Lucey, George Bennett & Tom McVeigh
📅 8th Jan, 11:00-12:20, Jesus College Ship Street
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NbSI Deputy Director Dr Jennifer Lucey will be speaking at Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026!
🌾Co-creating resilience: Nature, Farmers and Science🌾
Chaired by E.J. Milner-Gulland, with Monika Zurek, Jennifer Lucey, George Bennett & Tom McVeigh
📅 8th Jan, 11:00-12:20, Jesus College Ship Street
🌾Co-creating resilience: Nature, Farmers and Science🌾
Chaired by E.J. Milner-Gulland, with Monika Zurek, Jennifer Lucey, George Bennett & Tom McVeigh
📅 8th Jan, 11:00-12:20, Jesus College Ship Street
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What's the connection between coca, asparagus & water scarcity in Peru?
Check out this essay from earlier this year by researcher @azamlashkari.bsky.social who explores this unlikely connection, weaving together history, international pressure & an overburdened aquifer.
Read here: buff.ly/tQ7LPYM
Check out this essay from earlier this year by researcher @azamlashkari.bsky.social who explores this unlikely connection, weaving together history, international pressure & an overburdened aquifer.
Read here: buff.ly/tQ7LPYM
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What's the connection between coca, asparagus & water scarcity in Peru?
Check out this essay from earlier this year by researcher @azamlashkari.bsky.social who explores this unlikely connection, weaving together history, international pressure & an overburdened aquifer.
Read here: buff.ly/tQ7LPYM
Check out this essay from earlier this year by researcher @azamlashkari.bsky.social who explores this unlikely connection, weaving together history, international pressure & an overburdened aquifer.
Read here: buff.ly/tQ7LPYM
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Join us for a free Evening Exhibition and Networking Reception on Thurs 8th January to connect researchers and agri-food stakeholders🌽
Hosted by @ox.ac.uk’s Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Register➡️
www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/oxford-...
Hosted by @ox.ac.uk’s Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Register➡️
www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/oxford-...
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Join us for a free Evening Exhibition and Networking Reception on Thurs 8th January to connect researchers and agri-food stakeholders🌽
Hosted by @ox.ac.uk’s Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Register➡️
www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/oxford-...
Hosted by @ox.ac.uk’s Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Register➡️
www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/oxford-...
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Interested in #RegenAg and how we might measure change over time for nature recovery? Come see our #BES2025 talk showing how we used ecological energetics to compare regen vs conventional arable ag at @realfarmed.bsky.social and the evidence regen is working. Details below!
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Interested in #RegenAg and how we might measure change over time for nature recovery? Come see our #BES2025 talk showing how we used ecological energetics to compare regen vs conventional arable ag at @realfarmed.bsky.social and the evidence regen is working. Details below!
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Check out our latest blogpost where ecologists explored how to restore degraded sites within the Galapagos National Park 🌱🌍🧪
Quarries and garbage dumps inside the Galapagos National Park: How can we restore them?
Velasco et al. share their experience assessing the survival of plant species in the Galapagos to inform decision-making amongst stakeholders. When you think of the Galapagos Islands, what comes to…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Check out our latest blogpost where ecologists explored how to restore degraded sites within the Galapagos National Park 🌱🌍🧪
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We're growing a Fringe!
Are you or do you know an ecologist, not attending #BES2025 but still travelling to Edinburgh to meet up with colleagues?
We'd love to have a chat and find out how we can support you in future years.
✉️ Please drop a line to Karen@britishecologicalsociety.org
Are you or do you know an ecologist, not attending #BES2025 but still travelling to Edinburgh to meet up with colleagues?
We'd love to have a chat and find out how we can support you in future years.
✉️ Please drop a line to Karen@britishecologicalsociety.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're growing a Fringe!
Are you or do you know an ecologist, not attending #BES2025 but still travelling to Edinburgh to meet up with colleagues?
We'd love to have a chat and find out how we can support you in future years.
✉️ Please drop a line to Karen@britishecologicalsociety.org
Are you or do you know an ecologist, not attending #BES2025 but still travelling to Edinburgh to meet up with colleagues?
We'd love to have a chat and find out how we can support you in future years.
✉️ Please drop a line to Karen@britishecologicalsociety.org
Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.
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🌱The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has now been approved by Parliament. So, what does this mean for nature?
Crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown unpack the process, outcome, and whether there are any wins for the environment on our blog⤵️
Crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown unpack the process, outcome, and whether there are any wins for the environment on our blog⤵️
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: a small but significant win for nature
This post is by the crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown. When the government unveiled the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, it was pitched as the legislation that would fi…
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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌱The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has now been approved by Parliament. So, what does this mean for nature?
Crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown unpack the process, outcome, and whether there are any wins for the environment on our blog⤵️
Crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown unpack the process, outcome, and whether there are any wins for the environment on our blog⤵️
🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
🔊New Podcast out now: a conversation with @david-farrier.bsky.social on how we might learn to live in “The what ought to be.” He talks about adaptation, resilience, and what nature can teach us about recovery in a changing world. 🎧https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔊New Podcast out now: a conversation with @david-farrier.bsky.social on how we might learn to live in “The what ought to be.” He talks about adaptation, resilience, and what nature can teach us about recovery in a changing world. 🎧https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
If you missed our talk on Friday about the challenges around wildlife #translocations & creating a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, you can catch it here on our Youtube channel.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Advancing wildlife health in conservation translocations:.
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you missed our talk on Friday about the challenges around wildlife #translocations & creating a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, you can catch it here on our Youtube channel.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Advancing Wildlife Health in Conservation Translocations
Join us today for a seminar on a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, piloted in Eastern Black Rhinos in Kenya.
🔗 bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
#Conservation #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth #Rhinos @ecioxford.bsky.social
Join us today for a seminar on a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, piloted in Eastern Black Rhinos in Kenya.
🔗 bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
#Conservation #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth #Rhinos @ecioxford.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Advancing Wildlife Health in Conservation Translocations
Join us today for a seminar on a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, piloted in Eastern Black Rhinos in Kenya.
🔗 bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
#Conservation #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth #Rhinos @ecioxford.bsky.social
Join us today for a seminar on a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, piloted in Eastern Black Rhinos in Kenya.
🔗 bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
#Conservation #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth #Rhinos @ecioxford.bsky.social
We're celebrating #worldsoilday by sharing a fascinating talk @edithhammer.bsky.social gave us last year. Soil chips = windows into the underground 🌍Predators, microbes, nutrient cycling — all in one tiny world.
Let’s celebrate soil life! 🌱
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Let’s celebrate soil life! 🌱
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Soil Ecology from the microbe’s eye view - Edith Hammer
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We're celebrating #worldsoilday by sharing a fascinating talk @edithhammer.bsky.social gave us last year. Soil chips = windows into the underground 🌍Predators, microbes, nutrient cycling — all in one tiny world.
Let’s celebrate soil life! 🌱
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Let’s celebrate soil life! 🌱
@ecioxford.bsky.social
🧵71% of UK land is farmland — so nature recovery must start in our fields. @jedsol.bsky.social is researching how regenerative farming supports soil life + how measuring energy could help us measure change for nature recovery in underground ecosystems. #worldsoilday
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🧵71% of UK land is farmland — so nature recovery must start in our fields. @jedsol.bsky.social is researching how regenerative farming supports soil life + how measuring energy could help us measure change for nature recovery in underground ecosystems. #worldsoilday
🌍🔊 This #WorldSoilDay, we’re tuning in to the hidden sounds beneath our feet. From earthworm rustles to underground clicks, the soil soundscape tells a powerful story about ecosystem health.
🎧 Here more ⬇️ @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ellabrowning.bsky.social
🎧 Here more ⬇️ @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ellabrowning.bsky.social
On World Soil Day: Scientists tune In to the hidden sounds of our belowground ecosystems
This World Soil Day, the message is clear: Healthy soil isn’t just alive — it’s full of sound.
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🌍🔊 This #WorldSoilDay, we’re tuning in to the hidden sounds beneath our feet. From earthworm rustles to underground clicks, the soil soundscape tells a powerful story about ecosystem health.
🎧 Here more ⬇️ @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ellabrowning.bsky.social
🎧 Here more ⬇️ @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ellabrowning.bsky.social
Sound is a core part of an ecosystem, carrying clues about how healthy the environment is. A thriving forest's a chorus of birdsong, while underground, healthy soil is alive with scratches, scrapes, & clicks. Celebrate #WorldSoilDay with @ellabrowning.bsky.social & listen to her recording of worms
Earthworm munch
Listen to Earthworm munch by EllsBrowning #np on #SoundCloud
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December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Sound is a core part of an ecosystem, carrying clues about how healthy the environment is. A thriving forest's a chorus of birdsong, while underground, healthy soil is alive with scratches, scrapes, & clicks. Celebrate #WorldSoilDay with @ellabrowning.bsky.social & listen to her recording of worms
Join us for a fascinating talk on improving health & welfare in translocations, featuring real-world work with eastern black rhinos. Exploring health monitoring tools, smarter data, & how wildlife vets, ecologists & managers can boost species recovery. Register oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Join us for a fascinating talk on improving health & welfare in translocations, featuring real-world work with eastern black rhinos. Exploring health monitoring tools, smarter data, & how wildlife vets, ecologists & managers can boost species recovery. Register oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
In Friday's Nature talk Francesca Vitali will discuss saving #rhinos & protecting ecosystems! Her pilot health monitoring in Kenya aims to make translocations smarter, safer, & more effective—boosting species recovery, ecosystem resilience & One Health.🦏 oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In Friday's Nature talk Francesca Vitali will discuss saving #rhinos & protecting ecosystems! Her pilot health monitoring in Kenya aims to make translocations smarter, safer, & more effective—boosting species recovery, ecosystem resilience & One Health.🦏 oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
The Spirit of the Rainforest - Rosa Vásquez Espinoza
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
🌴Still some in-person seats for our talk this afternoon, everyone is welcome to come and join us for the drinks reception and book signing afterwards. Sign up to join us in-person or online 🍃https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
This Friday, Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares a personal journey into the Amazon, where Indigenous wisdom meets cutting-edge science. From hidden biodiversity to ancestral knowledge, she explores lessons in resilience, healing, and our bond with nature. Book your place: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🌴Still some in-person seats for our talk this afternoon, everyone is welcome to come and join us for the drinks reception and book signing afterwards. Sign up to join us in-person or online 🍃https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
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It was an honour to bring some #WaspLove to the #Oxford @naturerecovery.bsky.social last week, in the framework of the natural capital of wasps and their contributions to people. What a fabulous audience 🥰.
Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for the invite!
@uclcber.bsky.social
Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for the invite!
@uclcber.bsky.social
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
The Natural Capital of Wasps. Seirian Sumner
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It was an honour to bring some #WaspLove to the #Oxford @naturerecovery.bsky.social last week, in the framework of the natural capital of wasps and their contributions to people. What a fabulous audience 🥰.
Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for the invite!
@uclcber.bsky.social
Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for the invite!
@uclcber.bsky.social
🌴There are still some in-person seats for our talk this afternoon, everyone is welcome to come and join us for the drinks reception and book signing afterwards. Sign up to join us in-person or online 🍃https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
@biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
This Friday, Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares a personal journey into the Amazon, where Indigenous wisdom meets cutting-edge science. From hidden biodiversity to ancestral knowledge, she explores lessons in resilience, healing, and our bond with nature. Book your place: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌴There are still some in-person seats for our talk this afternoon, everyone is welcome to come and join us for the drinks reception and book signing afterwards. Sign up to join us in-person or online 🍃https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork
@biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
📢NEW PODCAST: Prof. Cristina Banks-Leite explores the realities of tropical forest restoration—from challenges like seedlings, land tenure & finance to why “success” can seem counter-intuitive. She highlights how better biodiversity metrics, acoustic monitoring & AI can reshape ecosystem recovery.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢NEW PODCAST: Prof. Cristina Banks-Leite explores the realities of tropical forest restoration—from challenges like seedlings, land tenure & finance to why “success” can seem counter-intuitive. She highlights how better biodiversity metrics, acoustic monitoring & AI can reshape ecosystem recovery.
Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Imaginal Studios: Reimagining Nature Finance
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.