As a journalism student, I used to find reading the news daily an incredibly depressing task. Having a background in conservation, I was saddened to see that deforestation, species’ extinction and a whole cloud of doom and gloom seemed to be the only allowed angle to report on the environment.

Wild nature is declining rapidly but it is important to remember that amongst the stories of loss there are inspiring stories of regeneration and positive change as well with nature making a difference in people’s lives, and people valuing and nurturing their natural environment.

The Conservation Optimism Summit 2019, organised by the University of Oxford in partnership with Synchronicity Earth, will bring together people to share ideas and offer solutions for more empowering conservation while continuing to disrupt the doom and gloom narrative.

Conservation organizations don’t have the luxury of standing still. Every day, conservationists around the globe are out fighting tough battles to save species and ecosystems. Money is scarce, so are supplies, skills and time. If an emergency arises, such as a lion being caught in a snare or a patrol vehicle getting stuck in mud, where does the additional support and money come from? It wasn’t…

The annual MPLS Impact Awards aim to foster and raise awareness of impact by rewarding it at a local level, preparing the ground for the impact case studies that will be needed for REF 2021, and future similar exercises. Prue’s contributions to translate research on biodiversity measurement and management, and support more responsible business practice won her recognition and the MPLS Social…