Name: Jane Applegarth
University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment

Events this person is organising:

Friday 10 April 2015

Wildfire and tree population dynamics in the boreal forest of North America
Date: 10 April 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Edward A Johnson (University of Calgary)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Host: Dr Marc Macias-Fauria (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 April 2015

Naturalists In Paradise (talk followed by drinks and book signing)
Date: 24 April 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : John Hemming (Author and explorer)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 May 2015

Assessing the importance of termites in global ecosystem processes and services
Date: 1 May 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Paul Eggleton (Natural History Museum)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 May 2015

Future of Production Forests and Forestry in the Tropics
Date: 8 May 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Francis E (Jack) Putz (University of Florida)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 May 2015

Biodiversity, People and Policy
Date: 15 May 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Robert Bloomfield (bioDiverse.org)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 May 2015

Linking roots to regions: how root functions alter ecological, hydrological and biogeochemical processes
Date: 19 May 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Todd Dawson (University of California)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 May 2015

Amazon: Forests, Floods and Food security
Date: 29 May 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Luke Parry (Lancaster University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 June 2015

Bushmeat crisis in the Congo Basin: more than a conservation crisis
Date: 5 June 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Robert Nasi (CIFOR)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 June 2015

The Anthropocene and the Rupture of Climate Change
Date: 12 June 2015, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Clive Hamilton (Charles Sturt University, Canberra)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Weighing trees with lasers: new 3D measurements and models of tropical forests
Date: 23 June 2015, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Mathias Disney (UCL)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 July 2015

Savannas of Asia: biogeography, history and current day ecology
Date: 29 July 2015, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Jayashree Ratnam (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 16 September 2015

The Wind in the Bamboo: Indigenous People Historically defined as “Negrito” Survive in Asia
Date: 16 September 2015, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Edith Mirante
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 19 October 2015

Tales from the Territory: Fires, storms, land use change and north Australian savanna
Date: 19 October 2015, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Prof Lindsay Hutley (Charles Darwin University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Sharing the results of six years of the Sky Rainforest Rescue Project in Acre state, Brazil
Date: 4 November 2015, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Sarah Hutchinson (WWF-UK)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Deborah Strickland (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Environmental Change Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 November 2015

Deciphering Richard Spruce’s legacy: people and plants in the Brazilian Amazon
Date: 6 November 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr William Milliken (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 November 2015

Making policies and markets benefit forest communities: participatory forest management in Ethopia
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 November 2015, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Mulugeta Lemenih (Farm Africa)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 November 2015

Spatiotemporal analytics for regional low-carbon development: linking LCA and GIS to assess GHG from cocoa farming and deforestation in Peru
Date: 13 November 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Giancarlo Raschio (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 16 November 2015

Agricultural Land-use Dynamics in Kenya: Institutional, Biophysical, and Socio-Economic Drivers
Date: 16 November 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Mike Norton-Griffiths (World Agroforestry Centre)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 November 2015

The biodiversity value of degraded tropical forests
Date: 20 November 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr David Edwards (University of Sheffield)
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 November 2015

The potential for Natural Climate Solutions to address climate change
Date: 27 November 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Justin Adams (The Nature Conservancy)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 November 2015

Using Maps to Contest Power: The Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) Group’s efforts to create tools to support a third space beyond ‘development’
Date: 30 November 2015, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Jerome Lewis (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 December 2015

Making policies and markets benefit forest communities: participatory forest management in Ethiopia
Date: 11 December 2015, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Mulugeta Lemenih (Farm Africa)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 January 2016

The Ecomodernism Debate with Mark Lynas
Date: 15 January 2016, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mark Lynas
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 January 2016

Targeting conservation to safeguard tropical biodiversity: insights from Borneo
Date: 22 January 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Matthew Struebig (University of Kent)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 January 2016

Linking the ecology and evolution of the savanna biome
Date: 29 January 2016, 16:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Caroline Lehmann (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 February 2016

From science to policy: understanding, conserving and restoring the Atlantic forest of Brazil
Date: 5 February 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Carlos Joly (State University of Campinas/UNICAMP, Brazil)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 February 2016

Pre-Columbian Amazon-Scale Transformations
Date: 12 February 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Jose Iriarte (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 February 2016

Film screening: I am Chut Wutty
Date: 19 February 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 April 2016

Something's rotten: Multiple views into how wood rots
Date: 29 April 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Amy Zanne (George Washington University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 May 2016

The Scale Property of Tropical Forest Disturbances
Date: 6 May 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Fernando Espírito-Santo (University of Lancaster)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottman Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 May 2016

Brazilian Protected Areas: assessment and prospect
Date: 27 May 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Sergio H C Carvalho (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 June 2016

Development Without Destruction: Scientists, NGOs, and indigenous activists chart a sustainable alternative to mega-dams in Malaysian, Borneo
Date: 3 June 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Joe Lamb (The Borneo Project)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 June 2016

What controls sensitivity to drought-induced mortality in tropical forests?
Date: 10 June 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Lucy Rowland (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 June 2016

The Verified Conservation Area Approach
Date: 22 June 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Frank Vorhies (Earthmind)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 July 2016

Variation of climate and ecosystem properties along an elevation gradient in Ecuador
Date: 1 July 2016, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker s: Professor Jorg Bendix (Philipps University of Marburg, Germany), Dr Jurgen Homeier (Georg-August-Universität, Gottingen)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 19 September 2016

Humans are at the centre. But at the centre of what? A new anthropocentrism for the Anthropocene
Date: 19 September 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Clive Hamilton (Charles Sturt University, Canberra)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 October 2016

Rethinking Ancient Woodland
Date: 21 October 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Gerry Barnes (University of East Anglia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 November 2016

Wallace’s ARCs – identifying refugia for biodiversity under climate changes of 1.5° - 7°C
Date: 4 November 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Jeff Price (University of East Anglia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 November 2016

Living Root Bridge Ecosystems of India
Date: 10 November 2016, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker : Sanjeev Shankar
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 November 2016

Madagascar’s orphans of extinction
Date: 11 November 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Wolfgang Stuppy (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 November 2016

Exploring the mechanisms by which ancient forests interact with the environment
Date: 18 November 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Sandra Nogué (University of Southampton)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 November 2016

Integrating Discourse and Practice in Nature Rights and Natural Resources Management: Challenges and Opportunities in Bolivia
Date: 25 November 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Bernardo Peredo
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 December 2016

Climate change and catastrophic Amazon die-back – genuine threat or crying wolf?
Date: 1 December 2016, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Richard Betts (Met Office)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 January 2017

The Island Digital Ecosystem Avatar (IDEA) Consortium: Simulating Coral Reefs, Mosquito-borne Diseases, and other Coupled Natural-Human Interactions
Date: 9 January 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Neil Davies (University of California Berkeley)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: H O Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 January 2017

Dynamics of tropical vegetation transitions under global change
Date: 27 January 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 February 2017

Report from the Frontier: securing forest peoples’ rights to curb tropical deforestation
Date: 17 February 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Marcus Colchester (Forest Peoples Programme)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Connie McDermott (ECI, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Biomass recovery and carbon mitigation potential in regenerating Neotropical forests following agricultural land use
Date: 22 February 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Robin L Chazdon (University of Connecticut)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 March 2017

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation and the tropical carbon sink
Date: 3 March 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Sarah Batterman (University of Leeds)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 March 2017

Setting conservation priorities in Indonesian New Guinea
Date: 24 March 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Rodrigo Camara Leret (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 March 2017

Holocene climate change and the domestication of SW Amazonia
Date: 31 March 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Frank Mayle (University of Reading)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 April 2017

Moths, Mountains and Canopy Cranes: or, how to keep busy in your declining years!
Date: 11 April 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Roger Kitching (Griffith University, Australia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 April 2017

Droughts and woody plants: Safety, efficiency and whole-plant economics
Date: 28 April 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Maurizio Mencuccini (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 May 2017

Developing predictive trait-based scaling theory applied to forests that span broad temperature gradients
Date: 5 May 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Brian Enquist (University of Arizona)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 May 2017

Shifting from a fertilization-dominated to a warming-dominated period: processes involved. The case for the Tropical forests
Date: 12 May 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Josep Penuelas (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 May 2017

Nature's contributions to people: a pluralistic approach to the societal benefits of biodiversity
Date: 19 May 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Sandra Diaz (Co-Chair of the Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 May 2017

The shaping of savannas: fire versus the mammalian megafauna
Date: 22 May 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Emeritus Professor William Bond (University of Capetown)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 June 2017

Why does structure matter for forest productivity
Date: 2 June 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Alexander Shenkin (ECI, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 June 2017

Fire interactions with climate, deforestation and forest fragmentation in NW Amazonia
Date: 15 June 2017, 15:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Dolors Armenteras (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Forest Defenders Conference
Date: 21 June 2017, 8:30 - 17:00
Speaker s: Prof John Knox (United Nations Human Rights), Sir Ian Redmond (The Ape Alliance), Claudelice da Silva (Forest Defender), Ouch Leng (Cambodian Human Rights Task Force), Justino Sa (National Assembly of Guinea-Bissau), Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford), John Vidal (The Guardian), Marie Manson (Civil Rights Defenders), Billy Kyte (Global Witness), Fiachra Kearney (Epsilar Group), Richard Rogers (Global Diligence), Marc Limon (Universal Rights Group)
Venue: St Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road OX2 6LE
Venue Details: Maplethorpe Hall
Organisers: Fran Lambrick (Not1More), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 October 2017

Doughnut Economics: How to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
Date: 11 October 2017, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Kate Raworth (Environmental Change Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute)
Host: Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute)

Wednesday 18 October 2017

Big History: Humans and their Environment
Date: 18 October 2017, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Sir Crispen Tickell (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Organisers: Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute)

Friday 20 October 2017

Operationalizing REDD+: examples of REDD+ design and implementation in Cameroon
Date: 20 October 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Sophia Carodenuto (UNIQUE forestry and land use)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, Ground Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 October 2017

Transformation for All - Implementing the Agenda 2030 in Germany from a Practical Policy Perspective
Date: 25 October 2017, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr. Joerg Mayer-Ries
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 October 2017

Using grasses to puzzle out ancient Madagascar, and debunking 6 misleading stories
Date: 27 October 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Maria Vorontsova (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 November 2017

C4 photosynthesis: from leaf evolution to global ecology
Date: 3 November 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Colin Osborne (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, Ground Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Culture's role in hazard and climate change risk: worldviews, belief systems and 'alternative facts'
Date: 8 November 2017, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Lisa Schipper (Overseas Development Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Organisers: Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Friederike Otto (University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute)

Friday 10 November 2017

Are past human activities related to observed biodiversity and carbon dynamics in Amazonian forests?
Date: 10 November 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Crystal Mcmichael, PhD (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, Ground Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 November 2017

Governing Amazonia: Power, Politics, and Contested Landscapes
Date: 17 November 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Mary Menton (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, Ground Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 November 2017

Supply chain ‘no deforestation’ commitments: plugging the implementation gap
Date: 23 November 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Mike Senior (Proforest)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room, 1st Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 November 2017

The recovery of Murchison Falls
Date: 24 November 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Michael Keigwin (Uganda Conservation Foundation)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 December 2017

Innovations in financing conservation
Date: 1 December 2017, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Adam Gibbon (Althelia Ecosphere)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room, First Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 January 2018

The effects of warming on the performance of tropical trees, from minutes to centuries
Date: 19 January 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Martijn Slot (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 January 2018

Biofuel Energy, Capital Time, and the Destruction of Borneo: An Ethical Perspective
Date: 26 January 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Michael Northcott (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 February 2018

Interrogating the governance landscape of mangrove forests in Kenya and Zanzibar: implications of complexity and fragmentation
Date: 9 February 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Fiona Nunan (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 16 February 2018

Surviving the Anthropocene: a story of biological gains as well as losses
Date: 16 February 2018, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Chris D Thomas (University of York)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 February 2018

Bold retention targets now needed for effective biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene
Date: 23 February 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : James Watson (Wildlife Conservation Society)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 March 2018

POSTPONED: Historical fire in Amazonia: charcoal, forest composition, and functional traits
Date: 2 March 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ted Feldpausch (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 March 2018

Congo's hidden peatlands
Date: 9 March 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Simon Lewis (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 May 2018

A semantic web for sustainability: Revolutionizing how we write, find, link and reuse data and models
Date: 4 May 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker s: Prof Ferdinando Villa (Basque Centre for Climate Change), Dr Stefano Balbi (Basque Centre for Climate Change)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 May 2018

Seeing the wood for the trees in the methane cycle: Insights from forests in South and Central America, Indonesia and beyond
Date: 11 May 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Vincent Gauci (Open University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 May 2018

Entangled territorialities on the fringe of development: an investigation on riverine peoples of the “Terra do Meio” and the impacts of the Belo Monte dam in the state of Para, Brazilian Amazon
Date: 18 May 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Maíra B. Fainguelernt (NEPAM/UNICAMP, Brazil)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 May 2018

Assisted natural forest regeneration: How polyculture in degraded rainforest can restore the landscape, biodiversity and create sustainable income for local and indigenous people
Date: 25 May 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker s: Jake Backus (Empathy Sustainability), I. Madé Setiawan
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 June 2018

Factors for success in developing a REDD+ project in the Chyulu Hills landscape of southern Kenya and its integration into a model for long-term conservation financing through multiple ecosystem payments
Date: 1 June 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Chris Tuite (Conservational International)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 8 June 2018

Exploring the role and diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forests
Date: 8 June 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Francis Brearley (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 11 June 2018

Stability and Resilience of Tropical Biomes
Date: 11 June 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Carla Staver (Yale University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 June 2018

Life-history strategy schemes in consumer-controlled grassy ecosystems
Date: 15 June 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Associate Prof Sally Archibald (University of the Witwatersrand)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 June 2018

Forests and water: advances and controversies
Date: 22 June 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Douglas Sheil (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 18 October 2018

CANCELLED - Panel Discussion: Implications of the Brazilian elections for Brazil’s environmental institutions
Date: 18 October 2018, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker s: Dr Paul Jepson (School of Geography and the Environment), Prof Timothy Power (University of Oxford), Sergio Carvalho (University of Oxford), Dr Erika Berenguer (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Paul Jepson (School of Geography and the Environment)

Thursday 25 October 2018

Tropical Forests in the Earth System
Date: 25 October 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 November 2018

How to map the changing carbon stocks of the world's tropical forests
Date: 2 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Edward Mitchard (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room, 1st floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 November 2018

Borneo’s tropical forests: carbon sink, vulnerabilities and potential edge resilience enhancement
Date: 9 November 2018, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Lan Qie (Imperial College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Terhi Riutta (University of Oxford)

Friday 16 November 2018

Nature conservation amidst violent conflict: guerrilla livelihoods and armed mobilization in Virunga National Park, eastern DRC
Date: 16 November 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Judith Verweijen (University of Sussex)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 November 2018

Tropical Rainforests: Example of conservation success
Date: 23 November 2018, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Tony Juniper (WWF)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 January 2019

Vulnerability and resilience of Tropical Andean biodiversity to climate change
Date: 25 January 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Carolina Tovar, PhD (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 February 2019

Achieving equity in the context of protected areas
Date: 1 February 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Kate Schreckenberg (King's College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 8 February 2019

CANCELLED - Inter- and intra-specific variation in tropical canopy phenology: Insights from field data and images from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Date: 8 February 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Stephanie Bohnman (University of Florida)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 February 2019

The tropical peat swamps of Southeast Asia - carbon, conflict and compromise
Date: 15 February 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Susan Page (University of Leicester)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 February 2019

Agriculture and Sustainability in Brazil: The Challenges of Meat and Media
Date: 18 February 2019, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Myanna Lahsen, PhD (University of Wageningen)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 February 2019

Historical fire in Amazonia: charcoal, soil, and plant functional traits
Date: 22 February 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ted Feldpausch (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 March 2019

Opportunities and challenges on the application of REDD+ and similar funds to tropical forest conservation
Date: 1 March 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Tom Martin (Operation Wallacea)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 25 March 2019

Infrastructure Tsunami, China’s Belt & Road, and the World’s Rarest Ape
Date: 25 March 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : William Laurance, PhD (James Cook University, Cairns, Australia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 April 2019

The state-of-knowledge on the mechanisms driving mortality in moist tropical forests
Date: 4 April 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Nate McDowell (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 May 2019

Restructuring of biodiversity in the Anthropocene under habitat loss and climate change
Date: 3 May 2019, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Tim Newbold (UCL)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 May 2019

Inter- and intra-specific variation in tropical canopy phenology: Insights from field data and images from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Date: 17 May 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Stephanie Bohnman (University of Florida)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 May 2019

Bridging avian biodiversity shortfalls in the Neotropics
Date: 23 May 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 May 2019

Improving plant allometry by fusing forest models and remote sensing
Date: 24 May 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Jerome Chave PhD (UPS Toulouse)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 May 2019

Deconstructing Compensation: Benefit-sharing and co-dependency between oil companies and indigenous communities in Russia and Alaska
Date: 31 May 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Maria Tysiachniouk (Durham University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 June 2019

The phylogeographic structure of tropical plant communities and populations – insights on environmental filtering, dispersal limitation and biogeographic barriers
Date: 7 June 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Olivier Hardy PhD (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 June 2019

Inside a tropical montane forest: Understanding patterns of plant diversity and ecosystem functioning across the Andes
Date: 14 June 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Luis Cayuela Delgado (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Rooom, 1st floor (lift available)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 June 2019

Leaf temperatures in tropical forests: what do we know and why is it important?
Date: 21 June 2019, 15:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Sophie Fauset (University of Plymouth)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 October 2019

Functional trait differences and the mechanisms structuring diverse communities
Date: 11 October 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Claire Fortunel (UMR AMAP, France)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 October 2019

Nutrient limitation in tropical forests: what we know, what we don’t know, what we really need to know
Date: 25 October 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof James Dalling (University of Illinois)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2019

Amazon forest responses to drought: scaling from individuals to ecosystems
Date: 8 November 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Scott Saleska (University of Arizona)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 November 2019

An optimistic vision for a sustainable, wild, and socially just world
Date: 15 November 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof E.J. Milner-Gulland (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2019

Taking a landscape perspective on social and ecological resilience
Date: 22 November 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Alexandra Morel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room, first floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2019

POSTPONED: Lessons from intensifying agriculture
Date: 29 November 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Barbara Smith (Coventry University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room, first floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2019

Towards a better understanding of why and how plants became woody during evolutionary history
Date: 6 December 2019, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Frederic Lens (Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Imma Oliveras (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2020

People of the Rainforest: The Villas Boas Brothers, Explorers and Humanitarians of the Amazon
Date: 31 January 2020, 17:45 - 20:00
Speaker : John Hemming (Author and explorer)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, 1st floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 February 2020

Lessons from intensifying agriculture
Date: 7 February 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Barbara Smith (Coventry University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Connie McDermott (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2020

Global changes and the challenge of sustainable development: how is nitrogen enrichment affecting ecosystem functioning and services?
Date: 14 February 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Luísa G. Carvalheiro, PhD (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 February 2020

Have the Lungs of our Planet been pushed to their limits?
Date: 28 February 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Wannes Hubau (Ghent University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Herbertson Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 March 2020

Climate change risk of tropical forests across spatial, temporal and biological scales
Date: 6 March 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room, 1st Floor (lift available)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2020

CANCELLED: Tackling cocoa-led deforestation in West Africa - film screening and Q&A
Date: 13 March 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Bastien Sachet (Earthworm Foundation)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottmann Room, 1st floor (lift available)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 March 2020

CANCELLED: Deforestation is just the start – the full climate impact of losing intact forest landscapes
Date: 20 March 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Tom Evans, PhD (Wildlife Conservation Society)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Beckit Room, 1st floor (lift available)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 March 2020

Defaunation and trophic cascading in the Anthropocene: ecological erosion in the tropics
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 27 March 2020, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ana Benitez (The Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC))
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gilbert Room, 1st Floor (lift available)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 June 2020

Deforestation is just the start – the full climate impact of losing intact forest landscapes
Date: 5 June 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Tom Evans PhD (Wildlife Conservation Society)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 June 2020

Estimating the global carbon sink due to forest demography
Date: 19 June 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Thomas Pugh (University of Birmingham)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 June 2020

Impacts of large herbivores in closed-canopy tropical forests
Date: 25 June 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 July 2020

Mythbusting forests
Date: 17 July 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof William Bond (University of Cape Town)
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 September 2020

Disaster developmentalism, flailing states, the commodity consensus and the Amazon safety valve
Date: 25 September 2020, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Dr Susanna Hecht (UCLA)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 October 2020

Can tropical forests keep up with climate change?
Date: 2 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Richard T Corlett (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 October 2020

ECOSTRESS: NASA’s next generation mission to measure evapotranspiration from the International Space Station
Date: 9 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Joshua Fisher (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 13 October 2020

Navigating the Anthropocene
Date: 13 October 2020, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof Ruth Defries (Columbia University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 October 2020

Evolutionary and Ecological Biome Switches at Tropical Savanna-Forest Boundaries
Date: 23 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof William Hoffmann (North Carolina State University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 30 October 2020

Closing the gaps in restoration science, policy and practice
Date: 30 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Robin Chazdon (World Resources Institute)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 November 2020

The ecophysiology of Australian tropical rainforests
Date: 6 November 2020, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Associate Professor Lucas Cernusak (James Cook University, Australia)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 November 2020

Untangling the History of Neotropical Biodiversity: The Big Picture
Date: 13 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Lúcia Lohmann (University of São Paulo)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 November 2020

The truth about nature: Environmentalism in the era of post-truth politics and platform capitalism
Date: 20 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Bram Büscher (Wageningen University & Research)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 November 2020

Untangling the mystery of the ancient shola forest-grassland ecosystems of India
Date: 27 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jayashree Ratnam (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 December 2020

Forest Biomass Estimation from space – new estimates, current challenges, and future opportunities
Date: 4 December 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Laura Duncanson (University of Maryland)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 December 2020

Megafauna history and biome ecology in South America
Date: 11 December 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Vinícius de Lima Dantas (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 January 2021

Understanding dimensions and implications of legal trade in wildlife
Date: 15 January 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Alice C Hughes (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 January 2021

Equity & Equitable Access Issues in Forest Certification Systems & Other Accountability Tools
Date: 22 January 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Richard Donovan (Independent forest advisor)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 January 2021

Fruit Famine and Hungry Elephants in Central Africa
Date: 29 January 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Emma Bush (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 February 2021

Woody encroachment as a symptom of global change
Date: 5 February 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Nicola Stevens (Trapnell Fellow for African Environments, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 February 2021

'Green Deserts' to 'Forests of Plenty': An Archaeology of Tropical Forests
Date: 19 February 2021, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Patrick Roberts (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 February 2021

Frugivory and seed dispersal: insights from Madagascar's biodiverse ecosystems
Date: 26 February 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Onja Razafindratsima (UC Berkeley)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 March 2021

Just add water: structure and function of seasonally dry tropical forests
Date: 5 March 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Jennifer Powers (University of Minnesota)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 March 2021

Puzzle pieces or poker chips? What people bring to the table in “multistakeholder” processes
Date: 12 March 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Anne Larson (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 March 2021

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2
Date: 19 March 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Anthony Walker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 March 2021

Hyperdominance and hyperdiversity in the Amazon Tree Flora
Date: 26 March 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Dr Hans ter Steege (Naturalis)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 April 2021

Transparency and sustainability in global supply chains
Date: 23 April 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Toby Gardner (Stockholm Environment Institute)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 30 April 2021

Reforestation as a natural climate solution
Date: 30 April 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Susan Cook-Patton, PhD (The Nature Conservancy)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 May 2021

Taking the temperature and measuring health status of endangered and threatened rainforest – Is it serious Doc?
Date: 14 May 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Pierre-Michel Forget (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 May 2021

Understanding agricultural frontiers emergence in Southern and Eastern Africa: an interdisciplinary approach combining ethnography, remote sensing and decision-making models
Date: 21 May 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Patrick Meyfroidt, PhD (UCLouvain)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 May 2021

Conservation beyond state-owned protected areas in southern Africa
Date: 28 May 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Hayley Clements (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 June 2021

Integrated spatial planning for multi-functional landscapes
Date: 4 June 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Piero Visconti (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 June 2021

Amazon tree dominance across forest strata
Date: 11 June 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Frederick Draper (Arizona State University/University of Leeds)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 June 2021

The Role of Africa’s Tropical Forests in the Deep Human Past
Date: 18 June 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eleanor Scerri, PhD (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 June 2021

Extinction and evolution of early Neotropical rainforests
Date: 25 June 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Mónica R. Carvalho, PhD (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology (CTPA))
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 July 2021

The ecology of central African forests: insights from massive commercial datasets
Date: 2 July 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Maxime Réjou-Méchain, PhD (AMAP Lab, Montpellier)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 16 July 2021

Pre-Columbian landuse and legacy effects in Amazonia
Date: 16 July 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prof Mark Bush (Institute for Global Ecology, Florida Institute of Technology)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 July 2021

What to plant, when and where – Restoring tropical landscapes for biodiversity and human wellbeing
Date: 23 July 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Marion Pfeifer (Newcastle University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 8 October 2021

Meltdown of trophic cascades?
Date: 8 October 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Katerina Sam, PhD (Entomology Institute of Biology Centre of CAS, Czechia)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 October 2021

The trouble with nature
Date: 15 October 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Professor Sandra Díaz ForMemRS (Córdoba National University)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 October 2021

Defaunation and trophic cascading in the Anthropocene: ecological erosion in the tropics
Date: 22 October 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ana Benítez-López, PhD (Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC))
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 October 2021

High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests
Date: 29 October 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Aida Cuni-Sanchez (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 November 2021

Deforestation and fire in the Brazilian Amazon: strategies to reduce this chronic emergency
Date: 12 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ane Alencar, PhD (IPAM Amazonia)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 November 2021

Seeing like a Deforester: Settler Taxonomies of Vegetation in the Brazilian Amazon
Date: 19 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jeffrey Hoelle (University of California)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre/online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 November 2021

Forest restoration and nature-based climate solutions frequently fail because they are not grounded in social science
Date: 26 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Forrest Fleishmann, PhD (University of Minnesota)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 December 2021

Is forest management really a tool for the conservation of tropical forests ? A forest ecologist's perspective
Date: 3 December 2021, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Plinio Sist (CIRAD)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 February 2022

Effectiveness-equity tensions in efforts to achieve zero-deforestation in the tropics through corporate supply chain policies
Date: 4 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Rachael Garrett (ETH Zurich)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 February 2022

Modeling future deforestation and REDD+ in the Congo Basin: some lessons learnt
Date: 11 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Aline Mosnier (FABLE Consortium, UN Sustainable Solutions Development Network)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Michael Obersteiner (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 February 2022

Results based payments and REDD+ safeguards: Challenges for demonstrating and verifying the social and environmental integrity of Verified Emission Reductions at national and jurisdictional scale
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 18 February 2022, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Daniela Rey Christen (Climate Law and Policy)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - or join online via Zoom
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 February 2022

Forests in a changing world: narratives, responses, and outcomes
Date: 25 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Pablo Pacheco, PhD (WWF)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 March 2022

Earth history coupled with eco-evolutionary processes explains the uneven biodiversity across tropical moist forests
Date: 4 March 2022, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Oskar Hagen (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 March 2022

Shifting disturbance regimes and the lessons to be learned from forests on the edge
Date: 18 March 2022, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Dr Adam Pellegrini (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre - or join online via Zoom
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 March 2022

Forest dynamics in a changing world
Date: 25 March 2022, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Dr Adriane Esquivel Muelbert (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room - or join online via Zoom
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 April 2022

Tropical plant diversity, biogeography and conservation: a multi-biome approach
Date: 29 April 2022, 16:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Toby Pennington (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 May 2022

Social and ecological consequences of land use intensification in African woodlands
Date: 6 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Casey Ryan (University of Edinburgh)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 May 2022

Should we focus on making soy supply chains more transparent and sustainable? A political ecology critique of neo-Malthusianism and Eco-Modernization Theory
Date: 20 May 2022, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr. Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira (University of California, Irvine)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 May 2022

Global drivers of tree crown architecture
Date: 27 May 2022, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Dr Tommaso Jucker (University of Bristol)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity Room, ground floor
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 June 2022

Bamboo exists, and it modulates the structure and functioning of Andean and Amazonian forests
Date: 10 June 2022, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Belén Fadrique, PhD (University of Leeds)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, first floor - or join online via Zoom
Organiser: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 October 2022

Nathalie Pettorelli: Conservation under rapid climatic changes: the case for rewilding
Date: 14 October 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Nathalie Pettorelli (ZSL)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 November 2022

Results based finance and REDD+ safeguards: Challenges for demonstrating and verifying the social and environmental integrity of Verified Emission Reductions at jurisdictional scale
Date: 4 November 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Daniela Rey Christen (Climate Law and Policy)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 November 2022

Nature recovery in England: why, what and how.
Date: 11 November 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Tony Juniper, (Natural England)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 November 2022

Prescribing nature for human health.
Date: 18 November 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Prof Kathy Willis (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 November 2022

Changes in the Great Plains as indicated by insect ecological responses
Date: 25 November 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Ellen Welti (Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, Washington)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Diversity room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 December 2022

The lost rainforests of Britain
Date: 2 December 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Guy Shrubsole (Writer and campaigner)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 December 2022

Introduced megafauna and the biological reality of nativeness
Date: 9 December 2022, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Erick Lundgren (Aarhus University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere Room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 January 2023

The role of the carbon sink in recovering degraded and secondary forest across the tropics
Date: 20 January 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Viola Heinrich
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 January 2023

Nature Positive: fact or fiction?
Date: 27 January 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Joseph Bull (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: In person and also on line
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 February 2023

The Wildlife Trusts’ action for nature and climate: priorities and challenges.
Date: 3 February 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Kathryn Brown, (The Wildlife Trusts)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

The Wildlife Trusts’ action for nature and climate: priorities and challenges.
Date: 3 February 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Kathryn Brown (The Wildlife Trusts)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 February 2023

Belowground plant-fungal interactions in forests
Date: 10 February 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker s: Sofia Gomes, Vincent Merckx
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 February 2023

Overcoming our societal addiction to growth to build a sustainable wellbeing future.
Date: 17 February 2023, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker : Robert Costanza (Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 February 2023

Rewilding
Date: 24 February 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Charlie Burrell (Knepp)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 6 March 2023

Phantom credits: why rainforests offsets are not working.
Date: 6 March 2023, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Patrick Greenfield (Journalist with the Guardian)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 March 2023

The search for a healthy environment.
Date: 10 March 2023, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker : Michael Depledge
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 March 2023

The new Global Biodiversity Framework: the good, the bad and the narratives
Date: 17 March 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Sandra Diaz (Professor of Ecology at Córdoba National University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 May 2023

The Art of Plant Conservation
Date: 5 May 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Chris Thorogood (Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: School of Geography and the Environment
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 May 2023

What is good about "nature": locating value in the nonhuman world
Date: 12 May 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Emma Marris
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 May 2023

The Jewel Box: How moths illuminate nature’s hidden rules.
Date: 19 May 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Tim Blackburn (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 May 2023

Mike Morecroft - Climate change and nature recovery: from global thinking to local action
Date: 26 May 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Mike Morecroft (Natural England)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 June 2023

Learning from some of the world's most remote coral reefs
Date: 2 June 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Gareth Williams (Bangor University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Lisa Wedding (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 June 2023

Quantifying and predicting resilience from individuals, to populations, to whole communities
Date: 9 June 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Rob Salguero-Gómez (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 June 2023

Connected Conservation: rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world
Date: 16 June 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Rachel Carmenta (University of East Anglia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 June 2023

A future for nature: quantitative perspectives on land and biodiversity under global change
Date: 23 June 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Tom Harwood (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 30 June 2023

40 years of conservation in Sabah
Date: 30 June 2023, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Glyn Davies (WWF Malaysia)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 July 2023

Is livestock grazing essential to mitigating climate change?
Date: 11 July 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: George Monbiot, Allan Savory (The Savory Institute.)
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford)
Host: EJ Milner-Gulland (Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity)

Friday 8 September 2023

Holistic Management: Claims are not supported but are there social lessons to be learnt?
Date: 8 September 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Heidi Hawkins
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 September 2023

The recovery of ecosystem complexity in a changing environment
Date: 22 September 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : David Moreno Mateos (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 September 2023

In search of the holy grail – the one true biodiversity metric
Date: 29 September 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : EJ Milner-Gulland (Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 October 2023

Fixing our broken relationship with nature.
Date: 6 October 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Miles Richardson (University of Derby)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 October 2023

Screening of the 'Good Natured' film festival
Date: 13 October 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 October 2023

A virtual rainforest
Date: 20 October 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Robert Ewers (Imperial College)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 October 2023

The Yawanawá Amazonian Indigenous People: Socio-environmental experiences of ecology, climate, health and territory
Date: 24 October 2023, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre, followed by Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 October 2023

Nature is Culture: The Deep Global History and Transformative Future of Nature-Sustaining Landscapes
Date: 27 October 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Erle Ellis (University of Maryland)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 November 2023

Can we have it all from the land?
Date: 3 November 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dustin Benton (Green Alliance)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 November 2023

Fishing for Nutrition: Healthy Oceans for People and Planet
Date: 10 November 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Christina Hicks (Lancaster University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 November 2023

Rewilding European landscapes: lessons learned and future directions for science and practice
Date: 17 November 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Sophie Monsarrat (Rewilding Europe)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 November 2023

Rewilding, Restoration, and the Future of Nature Recovery.
Date: 24 November 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : James Bullock (CEH)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 December 2023

Mycorrhizas and ecosystem functioning.
Date: 1 December 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Laura Martinez-Suz (Kew Gardens)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 January 2024

Recovery of degraded coastal ecosystems requires so much more than protection – how restoration and conservation go hand-in-hand
Date: 19 January 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Tundi Agardy (Sound Seas)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 January 2024

Embracing complexity to understand and predict the consequences of environmental changes on biodiversity.
Date: 26 January 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Miguel Bastos Araújo (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 February 2024

Land tenure, deforestation, and monocultures: Menaces to food and territorial justice
Date: 2 February 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Elena Lazos Chavero (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (ECI, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 February 2024

Captured sunshine: what can an energetic view of life on Earth tell us about nature decline and recovery?
Date: 16 February 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 February 2024

The transformative art of kissing frogs
Date: 23 February 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Tim Smit (The Eden Project)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 March 2024

Soil Ecology from the microbe’s eye view - Edith Hammer
Date: 8 March 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Edith Hammer (Lund University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 March 2024

AmazonFlux: disentangling biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship through an energy flux perspective
Date: 12 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Ana Carolina Antunes
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: City room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 March 2024

Building collaborations with Indigenous and Local Communities using Extreme Citizen Science
Date: 15 March 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Jerome Lewis (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Atmosphere room
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Constance McDermott (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 April 2024

Bending the curves – balancing nature, economy and society, from the bottom up
Date: 12 April 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : David Obura (IPBES)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 April 2024

Restoration Social Science: Understanding how and why people restore landscapes, and what the impacts of that restoration is on human well being.
Date: 26 April 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Forrest Fleischman (University of Minnesota,)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 30 April 2024

Africa- Oxford Nature Networking Event
Date: 30 April 2024, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Organisers: Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment), Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 May 2024

Global Ecological Shift: for the protection and restoration of biodiversity
Date: 2 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Thomas Ward Crowther (ETH Zürich)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Dr. Cecile Girardin (School of Geography), Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 May 2024

Does science impact nature conservation policy? Stories of success and failure.- Hugh Possingham
Date: 3 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Hugh Possingham (Director of The Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 May 2024

Boldly reimagining our approaches to nature recovery
Date: 10 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Justin Adams
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 May 2024

Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods in Ghana: the impacts, adaptations and barriers
Date: 17 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 May 2024

The planetary boundaries framework: helpful for shaping human futures?
Date: 23 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Kate Raworth (Environmental Change Institute), Erle Ellis (OMS visiting fellow), Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 May 2024

Spirit of the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples of the Xingu
Date: 24 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Sue and Patrick Cunningham
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 May 2024

Wildlife, Warriors, and Women: Large Carnivore Conservation in Tanzania and beyond. Amy Dickman
Date: 31 May 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Amy Dickman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 June 2024

The role of secondary forests in mitigating fragmentation-related extinctions
Date: 14 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Ricardo Rocha (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 June 2024

The Return of the Mermaid: Revitilizing the Lerma Wetlands in the highlands of Central Mexico with the guidance of the Mother of the Waters
Date: 21 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Mindahi Bastida and Geraldine Encina
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 June 2024

The ecology and conservation of atolls
Date: 28 June 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Sebastian Steibl
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 October 2024

Toward a General Theory Predicting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Responses to Global Change
Date: 11 October 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Brian Enquist (University of Arizona)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 October 2024

Fixing ourselves to fix nature? Inner change as a neglected lever to tackle environmental crisis
Date: 18 October 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Tom Oliver (Reading University.)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 October 2024

Conservation Optimism film festival
Date: 25 October 2024, 16:15 - 17:35
Speaker : N/A
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 November 2024

Making nature-markets work in the 21st century: evidence from England, Australia, and the EU
Date: 1 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Sophus zu Ermgassen (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 November 2024

Why we need transformative scenarios for people and nature: Building capacities to imagine safe and just futures for all life on Earth
Date: 8 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Laura Pereira (Wits University, South Africa)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 November 2024

Reimagining Bretton Woods: placing nature at the heart of global finance and governance
Date: 15 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr Nicola Ranger (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2024

Understanding human-nature relationships: How can we foster more integrated, impactful, and collaborative action to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis?
Date: 22 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2024

The inevitable loss of large mammals in Malaysia, the lessons not learned, and pointers for the recovery of the surviving species
Date: 29 November 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Dr. John Payne (Author/CEO, Bring Back Our Rare Animals)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2024

Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World.
Date: 6 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Joe Roman (University of Vermont.)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

The Screaming Sky: The strange allure of swifts.
Date: 6 December 2024, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Charles Foster
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 January 2025

The Universal History of Us: The Science of Why We Exist.
Date: 24 January 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Tim Coulson (Department of Biology)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2025

Nature, health and wellbeing: evidence and action.
Date: 31 January 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Ben Wheeler (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 February 2025

The Amazon Forest Climate Solution
Date: 7 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Daniel Nepstad (Earth Innovation Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2025

From livelihoods to lifeways: Reflections on conservation justice from West Africa's Upper Guinean forests and beyond
Date: 14 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Melissa Leach (CCI)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 February 2025

Biodiversity science for 2030 - knowledge needs to support action to reach the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework
Date: 21 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Andy Gonzalez (McGill)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 February 2025

Leveraging human behavioural science for conservation
Date: 28 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Brock Bergseth (James Cook University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 March 2025

Joining the blue dots - how our understanding of connectivity across the seascape can inform nature restoration policy and practice
Date: 7 March 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Joanne Preston (University of Portsmouth)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 March 2025

Biodiversity Governance: past, present and future: Reflections on COP-16, and on 16 COPs.
Date: 14 March 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : David Cooper
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)