Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

The making and breaking of regulatory space: post Brexit economic geographies in the UK

Inaugural Lecture by Prof Sarah Hall

Professor Sarah Hall, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 March 2024, 13:00-14:00

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Film Screening: Pure Clean Water

[Producer: Tony Eva].

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Tuesday 12 March 2024, 17:00-18:30

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

Inaugural Lecture by Prof Marc Macias-Fauria

Professor Marc Macias-Fauria, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

In search of stardust – the discovery of cosmic dust on rooftops

Jon Larson, University of Oslo.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Tuesday 06 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Department of Geography - other talks

In search of stardust: the discovery of cosmic dust on rooftops

Jon Larsen (Oslo).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Tuesday 06 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Understanding Aboriginal-constructed landscapes in SE Australia, the impact of colonisation, and implications for land management under changing climate

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Matthew Adeleye, Department of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Squaring the circle: a coherent reconstruction of past species responses from multiple lines of evidence

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Andrea Manica, Department of Zoology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 17 May 2023, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction from a varved lake in East Anglia

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Poppy Harding, University of Hertfordshire.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 03 May 2023, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

The Hominin Sites Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP): applications and challenges of paleomagnetism in human evolutionary studies

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Mark Sier, CENIEH.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Constraining ash dispersal from historical eruptions

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Lauren Davies, Department of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Moths

NOTE: Room changed, from King's to Geography

Matthew Gandy, Professor of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 March 2023, 18:45-20:30

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

North-West Saharan Holocene rainfall driven by interhemispheric temperature differences (with climatic and archaeological considerations)

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Chris Day, University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 February 2023, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Willem van der Bilt, University of Bergen.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 February 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Insects in Flight

John Brackenbury.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 December 2022, 18:45-20:30

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Embracing uncertainty: developing methods that take advantage of it

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Marco Aquino Lopez, Department of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

When did humans first alter atmospheric CO2? Constraining the Holocene CO2 conundrum with new ice core data

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Thomas Bauska, British Antarctic Survey.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Dansgaard-Oeschger events and their impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Markus Jochum, University of Copenhagen.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

How high and how fast? Improving future predictions of long-term sea-level rise through studying the Last Interglacial

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.

Amy McGuire, University of Leeds.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 October 2022, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Unravelling the legacy of 7000 years of metal pollution in south-eastern Europe

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue

Daniel Veres, Romanian Academy, Cluj.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 17:30-19:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Examining glacial-interglacial climate changes by water isotope modelling efforts

Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may be unable to access the venue

Martin Werner, Palaeoclimate Dynamics, Alfred-Wegener-Institut.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 17:30-19:00

Department of Geography - Distinguished International Fellows

Icebergs and Oil in the North Atlantic, Reframing Human Relationships with Ice

Professor Mark Carey, University of Oregon.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 14:30-15:30

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Middle Pleistocene Tephrochronology in the Ethiopian Rift: implications for the paleoanthropological and paleoclimatic records

Céline Vidal, Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Truffles in a warming world

Part of the Cambridge Festival - free admission

Ulf Büntgen, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 March 2022, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Natura Urbana (film and discussion)

Part of the Cambridge Science Festival - free admission

Matthew Gandy, Professor of Cultural and Historical Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 18:45-20:30

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

Geographies of Knowledge Annual Lecture: Configuring and Contesting Planetary Health: Knowledge Politics in Ecologies of Disease

Professor Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 17:00-18:15

Cambridge Natural History Society

Changes: the Bird Life of Cambridgeshire - for better or for worse?

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Bob Jarman.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Department of Geography - Distinguished International Fellows

Public Lecture: In Praise of Floods: homo sapiens and rivers

Professor James Scott, Yale University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 17:00-18:30

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Moments of crisis – volcanic eruptions, environmental impacts and societal change in the northern European past

Prof. Felix Riede, Aarhus University .

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 15 April 2019, 17:30-18:30

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

The anatomy of abrupt climate change over Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles seen from the North Atlantic/Nordic Seas

Trond Dokken, Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Centenary Lecture Series, Department of Geography

Stratigraphical discourse in the Anthropocene: towards a more critical geographical tradition

Professor Stuart Lane, Faculté des géosciences et de l'environnement, Université de Lausanne.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 17:00-18:00

Centenary Lecture Series, Department of Geography

Bloody Geography: injured bodies and the spaces of modern war

Professor Derek Gregory, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 17:00-18:00

Department of Geography - Distinguished International Fellows

Public Lecture: Can we save nature by selling it?

Professor Rebecca Lave, Indiana University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 17:00-18:30

CU Nature Society

Bertie Gregory The New Face of Nat Geo

Bertie Gregory, National Geographic.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 26 November 2018, 17:30-18:30

Centenary Lecture Series, Department of Geography

Climate Changed Urban Futures: imaginaries, experiments & justice in the Anthropocene city

Professor Harriet Bulkeley, Department of Geography, Durham University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 17:00-18:00

Centenary Lecture Series, Department of Geography

Border crossings: geographies of class, gender, mobility and migration

Professor Linda McDowell, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 17:00-18:00

Department of Geography - other talks

Greenland ice cores tell tales on past sea level changes

Distinguished International Visiting Fellow Lecture

Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 17:00-18:30

Department of Geography - other talks

Racial banishment: Old and new forms of urban transformation in the United States

Distinguished International Visiting Fellow Lecture

Professor Ananya Roy, The Institute on Inequality and Democracy, University of California, Los Angeles.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 17:00-18:30

Societies, Markets, States - Department of Geography

The Death of the Clinic: surgical strikes and spaces of exception

Professor Derek Gregory (University of British Columbia).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 06 March 2017, 14:00-15:30

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

Critique of Punitive Reason

Didier Fassin, James Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 17:00-18:45

Cambridge University Geographical Society (CUGS) talks

‘Geographies of Radical Difference’

Doreen Massey.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 March 2016, 18:00-19:15

Department of Geography - Distinguished International Fellows

Commodifications, Capitalism, Counter-movements: Perspectives from Southeast Asia

Professor Tania Murray Li, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, 17:00-19:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation impacts of a warming climate: changes in Massachusetts since the time of Thoreau (1817-1862)

Richard Primack, Biology Department, Boston University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 December 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: conservation after nature

Jamie Lorimer, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Mendicant baobabs and acrobat acacias: lessons from plants that don’t stay put

Christian Kull, Institut de géographie et durabilité, Université de Lausanne.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 18 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Commonness and conservation: should we bother about the rare stuff?

Sandy Knapp, Life Science Plants Division, Natural History Museum.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Department of Geography - Distinguished International Fellows

Public lecture: The fugitives - blackness as urban method

Professor AbdouMaliq Simone (Professor of Sociology and Urbanism, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 November 2015, 17:00-19:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The challenge of feeding 9-10 billion people without losing most biodiversity

Charles Godfray, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Invasive alien species on islands: problems and solutions

Anthony Martin, South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project, South Georgia Heritage Trust and University of Dundee.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conflicts in conservation: hunting for solutions

Steve Redpath, Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Aberdeen University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity in a World of Human Dominance and Rapid Change – Anthropocene Challenges and Opportunities

Professor Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 March 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Trees, ‘tribes' and taboos: The political ecology of conservation and culture in Madagascar

Dr Ivan Scales, Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 17:00-18:00

Department of Geography - Distinguished International Fellows

Climate and Poverty in the Americas

Professor Diana Liverman.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Tuesday 03 March 2015, 17:00-00:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Science in a human-dominated world

Professor Georgina Mace, UCL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

REDD+ and Biodiversity Conservation: Are The Challenges What We Thought They Were?

Dr Valerie Kapos, UNEP-WCMC.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 18 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge University Geographical Society

Professor Lynn Staeheli: "Producing Citizenship - Cosmopolitanism & the Citizenship Industry"

Professor Lynn Staeheli .

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 16 February 2015, 20:00-21:15

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Evaluating the social and ecological outcomes of conservation interventions: Tanzania's Wildlife Management Areas

Professor Katherine Homewood, UCL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity and the feel good factor

Dr Zoe Davies, University of Kent.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Where did plant diversity and sustainability begIn? Arboriculture in the ancient Roman world

Dr Robyn Veal, Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Is Evolution (Not) Working for Infected Amphibians?

Dr Trent Garner, Zoological Society of London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Extending freshwater conservation beyond shorelines by linking aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Dr Andrew Tanentzap, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 03 December 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Tracking marine turtles for conservation

Professor Brendan Godley, University of Exeter.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Landscape scale conservation - a bird's eye view

Dr Juliet Vickery, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Environmental and Science Learning through Participation in Scientific Research: From Learning to Conservation Action

Professor Heidi Ballard, UC Davis.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

MPAs, mangroves and carpets: cause for #OceanOptimism?

Dr Nick Hill, Zoological Society of London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Planetary Boundaries 2.0: the latest advancements on defining a safe operating space for humanity on Earth

Johan Rockström Professor in Environmental Sciences Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How do we know if we're making a difference? Finding solid ground in the shifting sands of conservation evaluation

Professor E J Milner-Gulland, Imperial College Conservation Science.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

'From individuals to populations to communities: Climate change impacts on birds'

Dr James Pearce-Higgins, Director of Science, British Trust for Ornithology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 13 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

RESCHEDULED - The Devil's in the Detail: Designing Instruments, Incentives and Institutions for Stewardship Initiatives on Private Land

rescheduled from end of 2013-14 series

Dr Andrew Knight; Imperial College London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Planetary Boundaries and Action2020: Innovations in corporate Sustainability

Professor Gail Whiteman; Erasmus University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Hybrid corn and endangered maize: historical perspectives on the conservation of plant genetic resources

Dr Helen Curry; Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Politics of Thinking Big in Conservation

Professor Bill Adams; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Producing Eden: Can wildlife thrive beyond national parks in India?

Joint seminar, hosted with the Cambridge University Geographical Society (CUGS)

Dr Paul Robbins; Department of Geography International Fellow & University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Lessons from the conservation of Europe's Large Blue butterflies

Professor Jeremy Thomas OBE; University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Friend or foe? Making sense of social research and biodiversity conservation

Dr Chris Sandbrook; UNEP-WCMC & Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem services to environmental change

Professor Adrian Newton; University of Bournemouth.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The (moral) dilemmas of (conservation) research(ers?)

Dr Bhaskar Vira; Director, Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI) and Department of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 December 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Commercial Whaling:  Science, Society and International Relations

Dr Simon Brockington, International Whaling Commission.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation of UK seabirds: a big issue or a done deal?

Prof. Sarah Wanless, Seabird Ecologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, NERC.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Valuing nature for better environmental decision-making: A collaborative toolkit for real-world conservation

Jenny Birch, Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Predicting Amazonian deforestation and its biodiversity impacts

Dr Rob Ewers, Reader in Ecology, Imperial College London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making: Frontiers in Research and Policy

** Note:one-off THURSDAY seminar - no Wednesday session this week ** Joint seminar with CRASSH - Humanitas.

Prof. Gretchen Daily, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Predicting wildlife dynamics in a changing environment

Dr Ben Collen, Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, UCL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Lessons from the Dodo: restoring species and ecosystems on Mauritius

Prof. Carl Jones, Scientific Director of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, and International Conservation Fellow at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Re-wilding: putting natural processes back on track

**Last talk in Series!**

Frans Vera, Director, The Foundation of Natural Processes, The Netherlands.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

From invasion to restoration: how enlightened are New Zealand's conservation policies?

Dr David Coomes, Department of Plant Sciences.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Making Poverty History – what role for biodiversity conservation?

Dr Dilys Roe, International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Expert judgements, Delphi groups, prediction markets: forecasting the future for conservation and national security

Professor Mark Burgman, ACERA, University of Melbourn, Australia.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Rethinking the scope of REDD+ : Carbon stocks or triple wins?

Dr Heike Schroeder, University of East Anglia (UEA).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Travel and Expeditions

Spike Reid: Circumnavigating the Globe

Spike Reid.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 February 2013, 16:30-17:45

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation of migratory species: the importance of seasonal interactions

Dr Jenny Gill, University of East Anglia (UEA).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation and climate change: how radical do we need to be?

Professor Chris Thomas, University of York.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Molecular biology and sustainable agriculture

**First for Lent Term**

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

**last for Michaelmas Term**

Prof. Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor & Australian Laureate, JCU, Australia.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

'Prosuming' Conservation: interrogating the value of conservation in the web 2.0 age

Prof. Bram Buscher, Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The state of the world's birds: how science underpins conservation and advocacy.

Dr Stuart Butchart, Global Research and Indicators Co-ordinator, BirdLife International.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Shifting baselines and habitat restoration: Setting appropriate goals

Dr Line zu Ermgassen, visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Smarter ways to monitor wildlife

Prof Kate Jones, Joint UCL and ZSL Chair, Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Zoology, ZSL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How useful is local ecological knowledge for conservation management? Case studies from the EDGE

Dr Samuel Turvey, Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, ZSL..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Saving the Tasmanian devil from a transmissible cancer

Dr Elizabeth Murchison, Junior Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge & Research Fellow in Cancer Genetics & Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene: what does this mean for conservation?

Dr Simon Lewis, Royal Society Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How might we make space for nature in landscapes of the future?

** First talk of term **

Dr Ben Phalan, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 10 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

REDD: a good idea, impossible to implement?

Last in Series for 2012!

Arild Angelsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge University Geographical Society

Professor Nigel Thrift

Professor Nigel Thrift - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 12 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Geodiversity, geoconservation & geomorphological services: Challenges beyond 2012.

Tom Spencer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Why Monitoring Matters when designing payment for ecosystem services schemes.

Julia Jones, University of Bangor.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Getting the measure of biodiversity: birds as indicators of environmental change.

Richard Gregory, RSPB.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Wombats, Weapons & Water: the making of international conservation treaties.

Catherine MacKenzie, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How high should Climate Change taxes be?

Chris Hope, Cambridge Judge Business School.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Linking science, policy & practice for wildlife conservation on farmland.

Lynn Dicks, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

iTrade Wildlife: detecting rare online behaviour

First in Lent Term's Series

David Roberts, DICE, University of Kent.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity offsets and the journey to No Net Loss.

Last talk of term

Kerry ten Kate, BBOP Forest Trends.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Getting real about Marine Protected Areas: pragmatism in design and implementation.

Amanda Vincent, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Mapping Africa's natural capital: progress, problems, potential

Ruth Swetnam, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Natural Way to Care: how exposure to natural environments shapes human relationships.

Netta Weinstein, Department of Psychology, University of Essex.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Counting and Conserving the World's 'Missing' Species

Lucas Joppa, CEES Microsoft Research.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conserving India's Forests: participation, forest rights and ecosystem services.

Bhaskar Vira, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Ecosystem Service Paradigm: progress towards a more sustainable future.

Steve Albon, Valuing Nature Network,The James Hutton Institute.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Trade-offs, team work and the challenge of translating conservation science into policy: some lessons and thoughts from the Amazon.

Dr Toby Gardner ( Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

Spectacular Events, Urban Space and Citizenship: The Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Beyond

Amita Baviskar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Friday 12 November 2010, 13:00-14:00