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Biodiversity Net Gain policy may fail to deliver benefits to nature

By jk393 | 22 December 2020

England’s Biodiversity Net Gain Policy could fail to deliver on promises to increase biodiversity when new buildings are developed, according to research presented at the … Read more

DICE research informs report on the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to conservation efforts

By jk393 | 21 December 2020

Historically snubbed by exclusionary conservation, the role of Indigenous and local communities is integral to achieving the UN’s ambitious 2030 global biodiversity agenda. Over 1.65 … Read more

“We must be kind to ourselves and respond rather than react to climate change” – Responding mindfully to eco-anxiety

By jk393 | 16 December 2020

Joshua Stevens is studying for a BSc in Human Geography. Here, he reflects on responding mindfully to the climate crisis to generate positivity. We all … Read more

“We need to rewrite the stories we tell ourselves!” – Harnessing agency to effect change in the age of eco-anxiety

By jk393 | 14 December 2020

Natasha Jacob, studying for a BSc in Human Ecology with a Year in Professional Practice writes the third in a series of blogs about how … Read more

Fossil finding at Warden Point with Dr Matthew Skinner

By jk393 | 10 December 2020

The Anthropology Society (AnthSoc) recently ventured to Warden Point with Professor of Biological Anthropology, Matthew Skinner, to hunt for 50 million year-old fossils. Warden is … Read more

The Healer and The Psychiatrist launches globally and wins Best Feature Film at SVA Festival

By jk393 | 08 December 2020

Honorary Research Fellow in Social Anthropology, Dr Mike Poltorak’s, ethnographic documentary The Healer and the Psychiatrist is being launched by the distributor Documentary Education Resources … Read more

Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem awarded funding to research migrant mobility and access to public urban resources

By jk393 | 07 December 2020

Lecturer in Human Geography, Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem, has been awarded funding as Project Investigator to lead the JPI Urban Europe Urban Migration research project, … Read more

Rediscovery of fossils from one of the UK’s most important archaeological sites

By jk393 | 02 December 2020

Biological anthropologists from the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) have rediscovered fossils from Barnfield Pit in Swanscombe, Kent that have lain dormant for 70 years. … Read more

Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles

By jk393 | 01 December 2020

Neanderthal thumbs were better adapted to holding tools in the same way that we hold a hammer, according to research undertaken at the Skeletal Biology … Read more

Ecologist and DICE alumna to give guest online lecture as part of the DICE Talk series

By jk393 | 20 November 2020

Dr Kirsty Swinnerton, an alumna from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) will give a guest talk about the conservation of threatened island … Read more

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