In an article in Nature Ecology & Evolution, out this week EJ Milner-Gulland arges that Nature Positive is an aspirational term that is increasingly being used by businesses, governments and NGOs, but there is a danger that its meaning is being diluted away from measurable overall net gain in biodiversity towards merely any action that benefits nature.

CITES at 50 is an initiative which will share outputs from current and future research examining the effectiveness of CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - as it approaches 50 years old.

We're delighted to announce the next of our fellows to join us under our A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme. 

Rachel Ikemeh joins us from the S/W Niger Delta Forest Project, where she is the founder and director, and will be here for one term. However, she will serve as a 'virtual' fellow for a year, both before and after she joins us in Oxford in January 2023.

Are you recent postgraduate or undergraduate with a conservation, economic or social science degree in need of a summer job and interested in developing your research skills?