Cambridge Conservation Forum

New CCF Vision Document

Valerie Kapos — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:36:31 +0000

The CCF Vision which was developed at a special council meeting last year and at the Vision session at the Annual CCF Symposium in January, has now been finalised and can be seen here.

What large tropical forest plots have taught us

Francis Rowland — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:45:40 +0000

Thursday, May 13, 12 noon

What large tropical forest plots have taught us – Dr Bert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Seminar Room, Plant Sciences

Dr Bert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WHERE: Seminar Room, Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge
WHEN: Thursday, May 13, 12 noon

Frontier forests: an economic approach to financing conservation

Francis Rowland — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:43:54 +0000

Wednesday, May 12th , 13.00

Frontier forests: an economic approach to financing conservation – Giovanni Boglino, Frontier Forests

UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntingdon Road CB3 0DL

Giovanni Boglino, Frontier Forests

WHERE: UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntingdon Road, CB3 0DL
WHEN: Wednesday, May 12th , 13.00

The evolution of mutualism (between species) and the role of mutualism in evolution

Francis Rowland — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:42:03 +0000

Dr Bert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

WHERE: Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology
WHEN: Tuesday 11th May 2010, 17:00

CCF summer symposium ‘Climate Change adaptation in the International Year of Biodiversity’

Francis Rowland — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:37:53 +0000

Over 80 people attended the CCF Summer Symposium, which was held on Monday 21st June, to hear a range of interesting speakers reflect and challenge current thinking on climate change adaptation in the International Year of Biodiversity. The programme is available here. Many of the presentations are available in pdf form here and a summary of the discussions in the ’speed date’ session is available here.

Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity

Francis Rowland — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:31:33 +0000

SPEAKER: Andy Purvis (Imperial College London)

WHEN: Friday 23 April 2010: 13:00
WHERE: UNEP-WCMC

Phylogenies most obviously tell us about the origins and history of species. However, they can also help us to understand and predict species’ responses to drivers of change, as well as being a proxy measure of biological diversity, so are potentially useful tools for managing the future of biodiversity, at least in well-known groups.

This talk will briefly outline the current distribution and state of mammalian diversity, before going on to model IUCN Red List status as a function of species’ biological attributes and the intensity of human impacts where they live.

The modelling approach permits identification of species not yet at high risk but whose intrinsic biology renders them very susceptible to increased human impact. Such models can form a framework for identifying likely casualties under different climatic and socioeconomic scenarios.

The price of extinction: what losing biodiversity costs

Francis Rowland — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:27:51 +0000

Cambridge Science Festival 2010 panel discussion: The price of extinction: what losing biodiversity costs

March 10th (Wednesday), 7pm for 7.15pm

Panel members include: William Kendall (Green and Black’s); Professor Bill Adams (Department of Geography); Pamela Abbott (Cambridge Conservation Forum); Dr Hazell Thompson (BirdLife International); Dr Ruth Swetnam (Department of Zoology)

Chair: Tim Radford (The Guardian)

Followed by a drinks reception with displays of their work by conservationists from across the Cambridge Conservation Community, until 10pm

Judge Business School, Trumpington Street

RSVP and any questions in advance for the panel to: Sophie Smith sophie.smith [[ at ]] admin.ac [[ dot ]] uk

Find out more about this year’s Cambridge Science Festival.

Date change: CCF council meeting, now Feb 11th

Francis Rowland — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:00:18 +0000

The next CCF Council meeting will now be held on Thursday 11^th February (not the 4^th) at 1 PM at the offices of Flora and Fauna International, Jupiter House, Station Road. An agenda will be circulated nearer the time. Suggestions for items to include should be sent to Val Kapos.

Successful CCF Annual Symposium 2010

Francis Rowland — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:56:05 +0000

Attendance at this year’s very successful Annual Symposium on 8th January was full despite the snow. It gave CCF members and others the opportunity to share topical aspects of recent research and activities with the wider CCF membership, and to highlight important issues for the coming year (final programme). Many of the presentations from the Symposium will shortly be available here for download.

Many thanks to the organising committee. We look forward to next year’s Symposium!

CCF pub night

Valerie Kapos — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:37:01 +0000

The MarchPub Night will take place on Monday, 1st March, 7-9 PM at the Castle. Come along for a drink and a chat. If you can’t see anyone obviously CCF-ish, ask at the bar, and if you’re the first one there, tell them where you’re sitting.