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Welcome to the RENEW news pages. Catch up with articles from RENEW’s interdisciplinary research detailing our work towards biodiversity renewal across the UK.

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An image of a person sitting on a rock overlooking a valley below at sunrise.

7 May 2024

Explore framework: Integrating health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability outcomes into strategic place-making

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An image of heathland with clouds rolling across the landscape.

7 May 2024

Co-design to improve biodiversity outcomes on common land

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An image of a field with a child walking in the background. In the foreground is a sign with the words no dog fouling on it.

23 April 2024

Reviewing the evidence to protect natural sites

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An image of a Eurasian Jay

16 April 2024

Biodiversity’s Ghosts: Ecopoetry in a Time of Hyperobjects

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An image of a footprint surrounded by objects from nature

11 April 2024

Helping businesses understand their biodiversity footprint – Using a Life Cycle Assessment approach to quantify biodiversity impacts for large organisations

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A photograph of an apiarist managing his hives.

10 April 2024

Assessing how managers make sense of businesses’ biodiversity impacts

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WHEN: 16 May 2024 ENDED

Partner Forum: Introducing ExCASES

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A picture of pigeon perched on a bannister, in the distance a boatman steers his boat into port.

27 March 2024

When mathematical and ecological worlds intertwine

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An image of a wildflower garden by Annie Spratt taken at the National Trust

25 March 2024

RENEW Early Career Research Community: What is Biodiversity Renewal?

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A picture of a pipet sitting on a hedgerow

25 March 2024

Mapping farmer-led opportunities for nature recovery

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A black and white image of a flower abstracted into an inkblot.

19 March 2024

Using creative methods to explore interdisciplinarity

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A close up picture of a farmer holding top soil.

19 March 2024

How businesses affect nature resilience – Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem resilience into nature impact analysis

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A photograph of the National Trust Heelis, event venue.

11 March 2024

Rapid ExCASES mission ideation: from the Biodiversity Parliament to Padlet

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A profile image by Becca Lovell with a person standing on a bridge looking into the water

22 January 2024

The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS) | Exploring how individual attitudes to nature change over time

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An image of Durdle Door Arch in Dorset.

20 November 2023

Evaluating access interventions at the coastline

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An image of researcher Regan Early delivering a research.

15 November 2023

A review of the RENEW Parliament 2023 with Rebecca Edgerley

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A drone image by Jonny Gios on Unplash

7 November 2023

Juggling two hats: A RENEW PhD student’s journey in sustainable governance & IUCN chairing

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A visual illustration by Jackie Wong.

11 October 2023

The first Biodiversity Storytelling Summit at Kew Gardens, London

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The National Poetry Day banner image of a tortoise and the word refuge.

4 October 2023

Celebrating National Poetry Day 2023 – Refuge with The Poetry Society

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An image of a family walking in nature

3 October 2023

People of colour in ‘green spaces’: key barriers and the role of academia

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A photograph of people in nature

27 September 2023

The Conservation Careers Podcast with RENEW Co-Director Professor Kevin Gaston

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Banner image by Mike Benna

31 August 2023

Looking ahead – a new collaborative global biodiversity framework fund launches in Vancouver

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An image of a deer in a UK park by Nicolas Lyandrou

15 August 2023

Updates from the field with David Bavin and the RENEW ExCASES team

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Keble College Oxford, Courtesy of the Agile Initiative

24 July 2023

Reflections from the Agile Summer School

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An image of a child and parent feeding ducks on a pond

28 June 2023

The importance of Personalised Ecologies

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A information poster of the Red River walk

13 June 2023

Reflections from a guided walk along Cornwall’s Red River

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A person sitting in a window ledge looking below.

5 June 2023

Scientists want your view on watching nature through the window

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A picture of a pine cone on a section of a map

24 May 2023

Partner Forum event: What works for inter – and transdisciplinary collaboration?

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An image of a slow ways map with the label red river on it.

17 May 2023

RENEW Collaboration in Practice

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A picture of a person sitting in a woodland

5 April 2023

Five Takeaways from Perspectives on Personalised Ecology

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NEWS
A beautiful butterfly nestled on top of a vibrant pink flower

28 April 2026

Host of positive ‘tipping points’ can regenerate nature

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10 March 2026

Launch of the Explore Framework: bringing nature, sustainability, health & wellbeing into local planning

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27 February 2026

Recordings now online from RENEW Biodiversity Parliament 2025: ‘Is Nature for All? Exploring Environmental Justice’

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A photograph with all the winners from the event including Alex Huke Head of Environment and Clean Growth at the University of Exeter.

2 December 2025

University of Exeter & National Trust win Strategic Partnership category at the Knowledge Exchange UK Awards. 

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The Young Poets Network logo.

8 July 2025

Enter ‘The Bog Challenge’ with The Poetry Society – Young Poets Network

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A profile photograph of Professor Tim Lenton, please read on to find out more.

17 June 2025

RENEW Co-Lead Professor Tim Lenton included on King’s Birthday Honours List.

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A man sits on a rock by a pond, writing in a notebook

16 June 2025

New film series showcases the beautiful, nature rich, landscapes of the South West and the conservation efforts that sustain them.

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A woman and dog sit on a cliff looking out to sea

12 June 2025

‘Traffic light’ dog-walking zones can benefit people, dogs & environment.

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A banner image of Professor Ben Groom, combined with University of Exeter colours.

13 May 2025

Exeter researcher receives Frontiers Planet Prize honour

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A banner image with two researchers working in a field with the CIEEM logo and the words: Championing a sustainable and natural environment.

24 November 2024

RENEW PhD Student Sophie Stenson presents at the Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (CIEEM)

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A photgraphy of a brightly coloured wildflower field

5 August 2024

NCUB: Nature’s Nexus – Showcasing environmental collaboration

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A group of people sat round and point at a big map laid out on a a table

10 April 2024

Partner Forum: Introducing ExCASES

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A photograph of people in nature

27 September 2023

The Conservation Careers Podcast with RENEW Co-Director Professor Kevin Gaston

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Keble College Oxford, Courtesy of the Agile Initiative

24 July 2023

Reflections from the Agile Summer School

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An image of a child and parent feeding ducks on a pond

28 June 2023

The importance of Personalised Ecologies

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A person sitting in a window ledge looking below.

5 June 2023

Scientists want your view on watching nature through the window

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A picture of a pine cone on a section of a map

24 May 2023

Partner Forum event: What works for inter – and transdisciplinary collaboration?

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A photo of a small lego boat with 'Good ship ExCASES' written on a paper sail

6 March 2023

Launching ExCASES: a rapid solutions generator for biodiversity renewal challenges

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A picture of a person sitting in a woodland

22 February 2023

RENEW Event – Perspectives on personalised ecology *Event Now Closed*

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A landscape photograph of scottish highlands

20 February 2023

Partnership’s research will boost UK biodiversity and protect landscapes in critical decade

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An academic office with a tree canopy displayed on the PC monitors

23 January 2023

NERC RENEW PhD Studentship 2022/23. *Applications closed*

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Trees breaking through sunlight in a wooded area

1 December 2022

RENEW x Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The Nature of Business report

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A microphone in a live enviornment

16 November 2022

Poems inspire at the Biodiversity Parliament

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A man holding up a glass sphere to the canopy of the trees in a wooded area

16 November 2022

RENEW Biodiversity Parliament 2022

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A kitchen fully stocked with sauces and pots

16 November 2022

Renewing our relationship to food

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