Research team Clare Bissell (Project Lead) - National Trust Michelle Twena - National Trust David Bavin - National Trust Sarah Crowley - University of Exeter Matthew Heard - National Trust Partners Collaborators Birmingham Tree People, Birmingham Street Trees for Living, London Tiny Forest Programme, National Fruit and Nut Village, Birmingham Walking Forest, Exmouth Eden Project Communities, [...]
Research team Michelle Twena (Project Lead) - National Trust David Bavin - National Trust Clare Bissell - National Trust Matthew Heard - National Trust Sarah Crowley - University of Exeter Partners Collaborators All the Elements Citizens from the People’s Assembly for Nature Environment Agency Green Party Involve Knowledge Network on Climate Assembles (KNOCA) Lawyers for Nature [...]
Research team David Bavin (Project Lead) - National Trust Sarah Crowley - University of Exeter Matthew Heard - National Trust Michelle Twena - National Trust Clare Bissell - National Trust Partners Theme ExCASES Missions provide short, intense periods of focus towards issues communicated as priorities for RENEW partner organisations and external stakeholders. The ExCASES team work [...]
Research team David Bavin - National Trust Michelle Twena -National Trust Clare Bissell - National Trust Matthew Heard - National Trust Sarah Crowley - University of Exeter Partners Collaborators Woodland Trust British Association for Shooting and Conservation Association of Deer Management Groups The Country Food Trust Forest Research South Downs National Park Authority FareShare Sussex & [...]
Research team Clare Bissell (Project Lead) - National Trust Michelle Twena -National Trust David Bavin - National Trust Matthew Heard - National Trust Sarah Crowley - University of Exeter Collaborators All of RENEW’s 30+ partners are being invited to participate in this exciting mission. Aims ExCASES missions provide short, intense periods of focus towards issues that [...]
Research team . Anqi Liu- University of Exeter Xiaoyu Yan - University of Exeter Kevin Gaston - University of Exeter Aims This study attempts to bridge the gap between achieving net zero carbon and preserving biodiversity, providing crucial insights into the ecological impacts of the UK’s energy system transformation towards net zero, and guiding policymakers to [...]
Research team . Devmini Bandara - University of Exeter Kevin Gaston- University of Exeter Lewis Elliot - University of Exeter Lewis Elliot - University of Exeter Partners . Dr. Humphrey Crick - Natural England Dr. Fraenze Kibowski - Natural England Dr. James Hoggett - Natural England Giselle Sterry - NBN Trust . . Aims Traditional [...]
Research team . Daveron Smith - University of Exeter Ilya Maclean - University of Exeter Peter Roseveare - Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society Partners . . Collaborators . . Aims Since 1970, willow tits have seen a population decline of 94% in Britain and have earned the unenviable title of Britain’s fastest declining resident [...]
Research team . Jo Garret - University of Exeter Lewis Elliot - University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell - University of Exeter Kevin J. Gaston - University of Exeter Ben Phillips - University of Exeter Fraenze Kibowski - Natural England Tom Marshall - Natural England . Partners and collaborators Aims It is now broadly recognised [...]
Research team . Mark Ferguson - University of Exeter Kevin Gaston- University of Exeter Aims Understanding people, their agency, nature experiences, landscape-embeddedness, and framings-of-meaning, is at the heart of RENEW. This work is intended to pilot a Personalised Ecology Index (PEI) that will translate the concept of Personalised Ecology into a simple measure. The [...]
Research team . Regan Early- University of Exeter Alice Drysdale - University of Exeter Kevin Gaston- University of Exeter Aims To understand the relationship between biodiversity and human communities in urban areas. . Approach Previous research has focused on access to the wellbeing value of greenspaces. For example, the ORVal tool was created to look at [...]
Research team . Charlie Masquelier - University of Exeter Matt Lobley - University of Exeter Rebecca Wheeler - University of Exeter Caroline Nye - University of Exeter Carolyn Petersen - University of Exeter . Aims Farmers and other land managers play a vital role in looking after our countryside, but competing business pressures can sometimes make engaging [...]
Research team . Emma Squire - University of Exeter Lewis Elliot - University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell - University of Exeter Kevin J Gaston - University of Exeter . Partners . Aims Citizen science plays an important role in the provision of biodiversity data in the UK. However, there are certain limitations on the quantity [...]
Research team . Sophie Stenson - University of Exeter Dr Oliver James - University of Exeter Dr Lewis Elliot - University of Exeter . Partners . Collaborators Aims Renewing biodiversity will require a workforce with the right skills, knowledge and experience. Relatively little is currently known about the nature workforce or how it might develop [...]
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 [...]
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 well-loved [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Research team . Patrick Oko Quaye - University of Exeter Gail Whiteman - University of Exeter Stefano 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 [...]
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 for and barriers to nature-friendly farming To collect baseline [...]
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 [...]
Research team --- Will Bugg - University of Exeter Tim Lenton - University of Exeter Oshadee Siyaguna - J O 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
