1 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA feature article on the work of Dr Tin (Henry) Hung (Department of Biology) to save Dalbergia, the rosewood tree, which is severely threatened across all countries in its distribution range.
\n \n\n \n \n12 July 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study from the Department of Biology has revealed that two-fifths of species likely threatened by the international wildlife trade are not covered by the global agreement that regulates it.
\n \n\n \n \n24 March 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford biologists comment on new legislation that will unlock key technologies to improve UK food security, reduce pesticide use, and enhance climate-resilience in our crops.
\n \n\n \n \n20 December 2022
\n \n \n \nSenior Research Fellow Dr Alexandra Zimmermann from the Department of Biology writes about the complexities of \r\nresolving human-wildlife conflict and achieving coexistence.
\n \n\n \n \n7 December 2022
\n \n \n \nLaunching today, the United Nations Conference of the Parties for Biodiversity (COP15) will convene governments from nearly 200 countries to agree to a new set of goals to tackle the biodiversity crisis over the next decade.
\n \n\n \n \n6 December 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the University of Oxford is the first to quantify the day-to-day barriers that conservation workers face as they try to conserve and manage island ecosystems around the world.
\n \n\n \n \n5 December 2022
\n \n \n \nAhead of COP15, researchers make key recommendations for policymakers to support Asian countries to meet 2030 biodiversity targets.
\n \n\n \n \n25 August 2022
\n \n \n \nThe sites are being restored to flower-rich meadows suitable for Large blue butterflies. Professor Jeremy Thomas of the Department of Biology, and Chair of the Joint Committee for the Re-establishment of the Large Blue Butterfly, spearheaded the successful reintroduction in the UK.
\n \n\n \n \n25 August 2022
\n \n \n \nOxford University researchers are playing a key role in the first systematic survey of ocean life in the Maldives, from the surface to 1000 metres deep. This will enable the Maldivian Government to develop conservation and sustainable development policies, so that the oceans continue to protect and provide for the Maldivian people.
\n \n\n \n \n15 August 2022
\n \n \n \nHollie Booth from the Department of Biology discusses whether international marine tourists might be prepared to pay towards community-based shark conservation, in an article first published on the Conversation.
\n \n\n \n \n24 June 2022
\n \n \n \nNature-based solutions must not be forgotten in the drive to stabilise the climate. But care must be taken to ensure they are not hijacked or misused to \u2018greenwash\u2019 emissions, insists Oxford biodiversity expert Professor Nathalie Seddon in a landmark article for the journal Science.
\n \n\n \n \n9 May 2022
\n \n \n \nNewly published research from WildCRU in the Department of Zoology, in collaboration with the Sa\u00efd Business School, raises important concerns about whether the trade in donkey skins is being used as a cover for smuggling elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other illegal wildlife products.
\n \n\n \n \n24 March 2022
\n \n \n \nEJ Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, and colleagues from the University of Kent write about \u201cbiodiversity net gain\u201d \u2013 a measure applying to most new developments in England which is intended to ensure nature is left better off overall than before the project began.
\n \n\n \n \n17 March 2022
\n \n \n \nApril Burt from the Department of Plant Sciences, together with colleagues from the Universities of Exeter and Pisa, writes about a success story on the isolated Aldabra Atoll.
\n \n\n \n \n3 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study challenges the universal land-saving claims of vertical farming, finding that there is no one size fits all approach for land use, food security and sustainable agriculture.
\n \n\n \n \n25 January 2022
\n \n \n \nNew scientific research from Oxford University's Plant Sciences department transforms our understanding of the origins of the sweet potato - identifying a key piece in the puzzle of the evolutionary history of one of the world\u2019s most important staple crops.
\n \n\n \n \n20 January 2022
\n \n \n \nData collected by the team revealed that 50% of the birds studied were capable of diving over twice the depth previously thought, with implications for conservation efforts of this endangered species.
\n \n\n \n \n15 December 2021
\n \n \n \nProfessor David Macdonald, who has led the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the Department of Zoology since 1986, will hand over to Amy Dickman in the New Year. Professors Claudio Sillero and Andrew Loveridge will become joint Deputy Directors.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2021
\n \n \n \nAs part of their research project Amanda Matthes and Jonas Beuchert, supervised by Professor Alex Rogers, developed \u2018SnapperGPS\u2019, a low-cost, low-power wildlife tracking system based on satellite navigation. In summer 2021, they deployed it for the first time on wild animals: endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verde.
\n \n\n \n \n9 November 2021
\n \n \n \nAn interview with Charles Godfray, Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Population Biology in the Department of Zoology.
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