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Case Studies

Access our latest case studies detailing ongoing biodiversity renewal initiatives and collaborative partnerships.

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7 May 2024

Integrating health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability (HWNS) outcomes into strategic place-making

Integrating health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability (HWNS) outcomes into strategic place-making: co-designing a toolkit to support complex decision-making at a local level   Research Team . Oliver James - University of Exeter  Jamie McCauley - University of Exeter  Jemma Sharman - Natural England Tim Sunderland - Natural England  Jen Scott - Natural England   Partners     [...]
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7 May 2024

Co-design to improve biodiversity outcomes on common land

Research team . Jo Furtado - University of Exeter Regan Early - University of Exeter Matt Lobley - University of Exeter Rosie Hails - National Trust Julia Aglionby - Foundation for Common Land Partners . . Aims Common land, especially upland common land in places like the Lake District, encompasses large tracts of our most [...]
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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

How effective are social science-informed interventions in addressing the environmental impacts of recreational activities in protected areas and similar sites?    Research Team . Bethan Stagg - University of Exeter  Oliver James - University of Exeter  Alice Moseley - University of Exeter  Gavin Stark - Natural England  Eirini Saratsi - Natural England   Partners   [...]
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16 April 2024

Biodiversity’s Ghosts: Ecopoetry in a Time of Hyperobjects

Investigating the biosphere as a ‘hyperobject’ through contemporary poetry practice, reading and writing.   Research team . Caleb Parkin - University of Exeter John Wedgwood Clarke - University of Exeter Regan Early - University of Exeter Eurasian Jay - Europe Aims  This is a practice-based poetry PhD and thus, involves an interplay of creative writing [...]
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11 April 2024

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

Helping businesses understand their biodiversity footprint - Using a Life Cycle Assessment approach to quantify biodiversity impacts for large organisations . Research team . Maria Eugenia Correa Cano - University of Exeter Xiaoyu Yan - University of Exeter Rosie Hails - National Trust Partners . .   . . Aims Businesses, finance institutions and other large organisations [...]
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10 April 2024

Assessing how managers make sense of businesses’ biodiversity impacts

Research team . Patrick Oko Quaye - University of Exeter Gail Whiteman - University of Exeter Stefanno Pascucci - University of Exeter Aims The UK is a signatory to the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) which set international goals to address ongoing biodiversity loss. These include a requirement on large and transnational companies and [...]
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25 March 2024

Mapping farmer-led opportunities for nature recovery

Research team --- David Baker - University of Exeter Ilya Maclean - University of Exeter Daveron Smith - University of Exeter Alex Inman - University of Exeter | LEEP Institute  Dr Emma Gardner - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Partners Aims: To understand key opportunities and barriers to nature-friendly farming To collect baseline data [...]
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19 March 2024

Using creative methods to explore interdisciplinarity

Research team --- Rebecca Edgerley - University of Exeter Susan Molyneux-Hodgson - University of Exeter Angela Cassidy - University of Exeter Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw - University of Exeter John Wedgwood Clarke - University of Exeter --- Aims Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research is popular right now, featuring heavily in funding calls and projects. But what does it [...]
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19 March 2024

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

Research team --- Will Bugg - University of Exeter Tim Lenton - University of Exeter Oshadee Siyaguna - Jo Hambro (Regnan) Gail Whiteman - University of Exeter Thomas Powell - University of Exeter Jesse Abrams - University of Exeter --- Partnership --- Aims Businesses and financial investors are paying more attention to how their supply [...]
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22 January 2024

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

Research team --- Lewis Elliot - University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell - University of Exeter Jo Garrett - University of Exeter Ben Phillips - University of Exeter Kevin Gaston - University of Exeter Fraenze Kibowski - Natural England Ruth Lamont - Natural England Partners --- --- Aims The objectives of ReBLS are: To determine whether [...]
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20 November 2023

Evaluating access interventions at the UK coastline

Research team   Kevin Gaston - University of Exeter James Lowe - University of Exeter Gavin Stark - Natural England Partners --- --- Aims Natural England’s Coastal Access Programme aims to increase and improve public access to England’s coastline. It is constructing the King Charles III England Coast Path, a walking route around England’s coast [...]
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