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View of the west face of the David Attenborough Building c. Alan Williams

Modernism, orange paint and the challenge to collaboration 

My heart thrilled when, fresh off the overnight boat from the Netherlands, I came upon the David Attenborough Building, a…

COP15: new Global Biodiversity Framework agreed

At 3.35am on 19 December 2022 in Montreal, the gavel went down on COP15 negotiations with a new Global Biodiversity Framework…

What does a successful CBD COP15 look like?

It is not an underestimate to say that we will watch the outcomes of the Montreal COP with both trepidation…

Coming together to protect the wild ancestors of our beloved tulips

“The success we have seen in our project goes to show that when we cooperate across disciplines, borders, and cultures,…

The economic consequences of conserving or restoring sites for nature

A great new study came out in Nature Sustainability this week, based on one of CCI’s most enduring relationships –…

Citizen Science for Conservation: February 2021 blog entry

The following blog is written by Rosie Trevelyan, Director, Tropical Biology Association (project lead for the CCI Collaborative Fund project…

Deciding to harm nature – an opinion piece by Buglife, CCF member

This opinion piece is written Andrew Whitehouse and Matt Shardlow of Buglife, based on a longer piece published by Buglife.…

Plastic connectivity: disentangling the problem of plastic pollution for pelagic seabirds

CCI’s Collaborative Fund supports projects on which CCI partners, the University of Cambridge and other conservation organisations collaborate to address…

Global Swimways

‘Global Swimways – balancing conservation of migratory fishes and development’, a CCI Collaborative fund project, was launched to positive feedback…

World Migratory Bird Day

It’s World Migratory Bird Day today. This is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory…

Putting climate change adaptation into conservation practice – July 2019 final blog entry

The following blog is written by Dr James Pearce-Higgins, Director of Science, BTO (project lead for the CCI Collaborative Fund…

Embracing Failure in Conservation: October 2019 interim blog entry

The following blog is written by Iain Dickson, Impact Evaluation Officer, BirdLife International (project team member for the CCI Collaborative…