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Careers, The Applied Ecologist community

Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Ananya, Amy, Abigail and Anna

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share below this year’s BSc student’s experiences of their fieldtrip to South Wales, UK. Meet: Ananya, Amy, Abigail and Anna Ananya, Amy, … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Ananya, Amy, Abigail and Anna

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Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Jonathan Chenoweth

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, Jonathan Chenoweth talks about the practitioner training programmes at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability. Meet Jonathan Chenoweth I am a Senior Lecturer in … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Jonathan Chenoweth

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Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Tara Pirie

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share below recent research by Tara Pirie from the School of Biosciences and collaborates with the Centre for Environment and Sustainability. Meet … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Tara Pirie

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Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Laurence Cummins

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share research by Laurence Cummins. Meet Laurence Cummins Laurence Cummins is a Doctoral Practitioner in Sustainability at the University of Surrey and … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Laurence Cummins

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Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Sophie Tudge

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share research by Sophie Tudge. Meet Sophie Tudge I’m a PhD student from the Centre for Environment and Sustainability. I am currently  … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Sophie Tudge

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Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Ben Siggery

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share below recent research by Ben Siggery. Meet Ben Siggery I’m a Practitioner Doctorate Student (PDS) student at the Centre for Environment and … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Ben Siggery

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Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Our Goals and Vision

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this introductory post, we share below the Centre’s goals and ambitions.  About the Centre Founded in 1992 by Professor Roland Clift CBE, we at the … Continue reading Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Our Goals and Vision

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Practitioners, Restoration, The Applied Ecologist community

Restoring Landscapes: Knowledge Exchange Visit in the Cairngorms

In this series, we are promoting knowledge exchange in restoration around the world: from success to failures and anything in between! In this post Taylor Shaw from the Endangered Landscapes and Seascapes Programme shares their experience attending a Knowledge Exchange Visit hosted by Cairngorms Connect in Scotland, where restoration practitioners from across Europe met to discuss how science can support their work. The knowledge exchange … Continue reading Restoring Landscapes: Knowledge Exchange Visit in the Cairngorms

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Careers, Plant and soil ecology, Research summaries, Restoration

Natashi Pilon: Challenges and directions for open ecosystems biodiversity restoration: An overview of the techniques applied for Cerrado

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize In this blog post, Natashi Pilon discusses their team’s analysis of 82 data sets from the literature and primary data collection, with the aim of assessing the effectiveness of passive and active restoration techniques applied in Cerrado open ecosystems. Restoration We are in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and the consensus is stronger than ever that conservation is … Continue reading Natashi Pilon: Challenges and directions for open ecosystems biodiversity restoration: An overview of the techniques applied for Cerrado

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Agriculture, Careers, Grasslands, Policy, Research summaries

Working hard or hardly working? Modelling success of current grassland agri-environment schemes

Shortlisted for the Georgina Mace Prize 2023 In this blog post, author Bede West describe his team’s study analysing the potential for agri-environment schemes to achieve positive changes in plant biodiversity. Plants and soils are the trophic foundations of most temperate terrestrial ecosystems but they are being progressively impacted by climate change, biodiversity loss and a plethora of other environmental impacts. These issues must be … Continue reading Working hard or hardly working? Modelling success of current grassland agri-environment schemes

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