Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation

Heritage Innovations Lab Oxford (HILO), led by and including SoGE researchers, is part of a new project with the Heritage Alliance, backed by an award from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The first IUCN Green List Status of Species assessment finds tiger populations are "Critically Depleted" - but conservation provides hope for recovery across the tiger’s range.

The Southern Ocean, key to Earth's environmental system, is threatened by climate change. A new paper in Science by Dr Catarina Frazão Santos, Dr Lisa Wedding, and colleagues, details how climate-smart marine spatial planning can support Antarctic seascapes, with implications for the global ocean and human wellbeing.

Professor Robert Whittaker, Emeritus Fellow at St Edmund Hall and Emeritus Professor of Biogeography, has been announced as the 2023 recipient of the International Biogeography Society's biennial award for a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in Biogeography.

Raphaella Mascia, postgraduate student on the MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management (BCM) course, recounts her experience on the Tenerife field trip and the importance of positive conservation outcomes.