How can we restore landscapes with people, not just for them?
Jennifer Gabrys' & David Brown's research explores how communities lead & shape regeneration & what makes people-centred approaches fairer, democratic, & effective.
Read more on CLRs blog: www.clr.conservation.cam.ac.uk/news/putting...
David Brown explains the ‘participatory mapping’ activity during a workshop. He stands beside a projected slide showing a map covered with colourful sticky notes and bullet points outlining the mapping process.
Large printed maps spread across round tables in a workshop room.
Undertaken as part of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration research initiative @clr-cambridge.bsky.social, the authors map landscape regeneration and restoration initiatives across international contexts based on four themes around community organisation, land ownership, engagement and land values.
💧 New paper: Lines in the Landscape
Explores how ditches — humble but everywhere — shape ecosystems, climate, and societies.
CLR’s Hamid & Laurie join colleagues in calling for these overlooked channels to get the recognition and care they deserve. 🌿
🌊 World Beneath the Water
What might the Fens sound like in 5000 AD?
Students from Wilburton Primary created a soundscape from live underwater recordings at Wicken Fen, where they have a live sound installation on til the end of Sept.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/fensound
Our Co-Director Prof Emily Shuckburgh has been appointed to the UK Govts Science & Technology Advisory Council, supporting evidence-based policy on clean energy through 2030.
Her appointment brings CLR’s interdisciplinary approach—directly into the heart of national policy.
🔗 tinyurl.com/367wvjkw
Proud to see CLR research featured in the UK Govt’s new Solar Roadmap. 🌞 It highlights solar’s role in clean energy and nature-positive solutions—core to our work with
@cam.ac.uk & @rspb.bsky.social
📘 Roadmap: tinyurl.com/solarroadmap
🎥 Watch a video of our researchers: youtu.be/F_Ays6pY7Cw
Tomorrow’s the day! 🎉
Join us at #CambridgeZero Community Day - A free, family-friendly day of science, art & climate action. Meet our #NERC partners w/ hands-on fun with Cambridge Science Centre , Cambridge Curiosity & Imagination & Museum Of Zoology tinyurl.com/37rmtd4u
We’re proud to share that our Co-Director Prof Emily Shuckburgh, has been awarded a CBE for services to Climate Science.
Her leadership shapes evidence-driven, collaborative responses to the climate crisis.
#CBE #ClimateScience #Sustainability
Year 3&4 students from across the Fens are exploring their landscapes through art, poetry & storytelling at the Museum of Zoology
A CLR-funded project with @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
Keep an eye out for our announcement about the final showcase in the museums community cabinets! 🖼️🎉 #FenCreativity
The Eels Have Been Released!
Elvers raised by students in schools across the Fens have been released into the wild! 🐟✨
This hands-on conservation project, led by Rachael Brown (@cambsacre.bsky.social) with support from the Environment Agency, brings nature into the classroom. 🌿💧 #FenEels
The fourth edition of the @lunz-hub.bsky.social Hub Newsletter is now available to read. Subscribe for updates on activities, events, and publications from the Hub community for Spring 2025.
View the Newsletter here ➡️ bit.ly/3QJTmOf
Subscribe to the Newsletter here ➡️ bit.ly/4bp3zsK
#LUNZHub
🗺️ Report out: Land Management in the Cairngorms
Surveying 18 landholdings across nearly 40% of the Park, we explore how land managers are blending tradition with innovation—farming, forestry, conservation, tourism, and more.
🔗 Read the full report: www.clr.conservation.cam.ac.uk/projects/cai...
Our very own Laurie Friday will be speaking at the third seminar in our water research series, co-hosted with the Environment Agency, on May 28th! 🌿✨ Learn about nature-based solutions in peatland habitats.
More Details: www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/events/water... #NatureBasedSolutions
Last week, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative hosted a book talk by Tony Juniper, Chair of @naturalengland.bsky.social. "Just Earth," explores how inequality underpins the climate and nature crises. CLR researcher Dr Annette Green also joined the panel, sharing her insights.
Baby eels have arrived at Lionel Walden School as part of a hands-on conservation project with Cambridgeshire ACRE, the Centre for Landscape Regeneration and the Environment Agency. Pupils will care for them before release to help boost wild eel populations. 🐟 #eels
Prof Lynn Dicks features in Ep. 2 of the British Society for Soil Science 'Soil Matters' podcast, discussing regenerative agriculture. Listen on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music! soils.org.uk/soilmatters/...
🌍🌱🐝Future Leaders Programme 2025 is Open!
8 posts & 2 of them with us at the CLR 🌿🔬
Don't miss this chance to work on impactful projects!
📅 Deadline: 15th April
🔗 Apply: www.zero.cam.ac.uk/who-we-are/b...
Come be a part of something transformative! 💡✨
@cambridgezero.bsky.social @ukri.org #NERC
Dr Joshua Copping and Dr Catherine Waite on a screenshot of video featuring their research. Logos of RSPB, Univ of Cambridge and the Centre for Landscape Regeneration on the top
🎉Great to see Sam Bentley's "Good News in March" featuring the research @uniofcam.bsky.social
about how British birds are thriving in solar farms.
📽️https://youtu.be/QwyQCjbQntQ?si=bmFKml6kq-9YWh3q&t=807
@rspb.bsky.social
Join us for a free pop-up exhibition of art exploring the Fens through art, science & imagination by children from The Shade & Wetheralls schools!
The results of our collaboration with Cambridge Curiosity & Imagination
🗓️ 3-4:30 PM
📍 St Andrew’s Church, Soham
🎨 Activities for kids
☕ Refreshments
🌿 We're thrilled to be hosted by
Fitzwilliam College today for a conference on research on the Fenland landscape. A fantastic opportunity to discuss the potential future for the landscape.
@NERCscience
#LandscapeRegeneration #Fenland #Sustainability #EnvironmentalResearch #CambridgeUniversity
CLR research in The Conversation (March 2025).
Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields – theconversation.com/solar-farms-...
via @uk.theconversation.com
🥳 Jigsaw magazine features an article about our upcoming pop-up exhibition, a collaboration between CLR & Cambridge Curiosity & Imagination.
🚲 Make sure to visit the exhibition from Thu 27 Mar – Thu 3 Apr at St Andrews Church, Soham.
Read the article Here: online.fliphtml5.com/jdagj/phkq/#...
🌞🌿 Joint research from the CLR & @rspb.bsky.social , with contributions from Josh Copping & Catherine Waite, highlights how solar farms with diverse habitats can support farmland bird species.
Demonstrating how renewable energy & nature recovery can go hand in hand.
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬:
• #𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤
• 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
@ukri.org @ukceh.bsky.social @niab-uk.bsky.social l @rspb.bsky.social
Find out about both by visiting: 𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉𝗌://𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍.𝗈𝗋𝗀/𝗈𝗎𝗋-𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄/𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾-𝖿𝗈𝗋-𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖾-𝗋𝖾𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇
An image of the project home page with a British landscape stretching across the page and a sunset in the distance.
Discover how RENEW, and other key collaborative projects are working to 'regenerate, renew & create,' new opportunities for #nature & #biodiversity, as part of the...
Natural Environment Research Council UKRI funded - Changing the Environment Programme.
changingtheenvironment.org
🚀 Launch day is here! The Changing the Environment programme website is now live.
Discover how together with @communigallant.bsky.social , @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social & The Agile Initiative, we are addressing critical environmental challenges.
🌐 Visit: www.changingtheenvironment.org
@ukri.org
Wetlands cover around 6% of the Earth’s land surface & are vital for human health & biodiversity.
Yet these unique ecosystems are vanishing 3 times faster than forests.
More on #WorldWetlandsDay: bit.ly/3cQYG1E
As we celebrate #WorldWetlandsDay we are delighted to see such positive news from our colleagues at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Wicken Fen about how an increase in waterways can provide habitats for such a wide range of wildlife.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@nationaltrusteast.bsky.social
We've just wrapped our conference!
Topics ranged from what sust ag might be on lowland peat, to rethinking approaches to water.
fenlandsoil.org for info
Some Speakers
@tomheap.bsky.social @henrydimbleby.bsky.social @tom-clarke.bsky.social @charlotte-cane-mp.bsky.social @paulburrowsy.bsky.social
A young man wearing glasses and a warm hat, with the open flat landscape of the Cambridgeshire Fens behind him. A wide expanse of grassland and agricultural land.
“I’m exploring whether there are ways we can get the benefits of trapping carbon without the penalty of increased methane emissions,”
Tom Marquand from Dept of Earth Sciences talks about his work to understand emissions from peat soils in the Cambridgeshire #Fens.
esc.cam.ac.uk/news/turning...
