The Cambridge Conservation Initiative is a collaborative partnership which brings together the biggest names in international biodiversity conservation with the University of Cambridge. Our mission is to transform the global understanding and conservation of biodiversity to secure a sustainable future for all life on Earth.
"An extraordinary marriage between outstanding practical conservationists and inspiring intellectual thinkers which will shape the future of life on Earth."
Building on each partner’s existing programme of conservation work, CCI joins these organisations together to tackle complex and challenging issues with innovative approaches, using a multi-disciplinary approach that cannot be achieved by any one organisation alone.
In 2015 CCI brought together over 500 professional conservationists from the partner organisations to work together in the purpose-built Conservation Campus within the David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK. The Campus is now home to the biggest cluster of conservationists in the world.
Many thanks to everyone who joined us for our Rialto Nature and Place Competition winners event last month. There was a great turn out with all enjoying a special reading from this year’s judge, acclaimed poet, Zaffar Kunial. Zaffar Kunial was born in Birmingham and lives in Hebden Bridge. He is a recipient of Yale University’s…
9th September 2024
We’ve all read the urban myths about how evil Artificially Intelligent robots are going to take over the world. Now…
6th September 2024
The University of Cambridge Department of Geography, in collaboration with the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), announces that applications are now…
6th September 2024
As part of the Solent Seascape Project (delivered by CCI’s Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme) the Hampshire & Isle of Wight…
16th August 2024