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An ambitious new plan for helping our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects is being launched today by Buglife,…
The UK2070 Commission has published a paper by SWEEP colleagues from the University of Exeter. Professor Ian Bateman OBE, FRSA,…
Dr Sian Rees from the University of Plymouth has been selected to join a new initiative designed to enhance the…
Rapid economic development has lifted millions out of poverty, raised standards of living, and increased life expectancies. But economic development…
A £10.5 million investment will fund a pioneering new collaborative research centre, designed to solve some of the most pressing…
These are among the questions to be addressed by a new project at the University of Exeter, which aims to…
The new SWEEP Water Quality and Aquaculture project kicked off this month (June 2019) with an event for partners and…
R-L: Ian Bateman (SWEEP), Diana Tingley (SWEEP), Colin Smith (Defra), Mario Deconti (MHCLG), Emily McKenzie (Defra), Joseph Lowe (H.M Treasury),…
Communities in Cornwall are benefiting from 40 hectares of improved green spaces created under a pioneering scheme to bring nature-rich…
Leading University of Exeter academic and SWEEP Director, Professor Ian Bateman, who has advised the government on farming policy and…
Coastal cities are among the fastest growing population centres on the planet and half of the global population now lives…
A new project assessing and enhancing ecosystem services provided by diadromous fish in a climate change context has been launched….
Following the publication of The Natural Capital Committee’s (NCC) sixth Annual Report, the committee’s recommendations will be heard by a…
Marine conservation experts from the SWEEP team at the University of Plymouth are playing an integral role in a £20…
A new tool which helps land managers assess the costs and benefits of re-introducing valuable saltmarsh, has been developed by…
The impact of increasingly extreme winter storms on the coastlines of Devon and Cornwall is to be explored as part…
A pioneering new report has devised a seven-point plan to help policymakers devise new, coherent and collaborative strategies to tackle…
A pioneering new study has revealed the value of pollination services to courgettes, finding that wildflower field margins can improve…
Specialists in economics and ecology from the SWEEP team have been working closely with Dartmoor National Park Authority to produce a new…
The UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) and the Climate Change Ecology Special Interest Group held a joint conference…