Matt Reed and Pippa Simmonds record Podcast
CCRI Director Matt Reed and PhD student Pippa Simmonds have recently recorded a Podcast for the 'People Place and Nature Podcast' entitled 'Farming, Sustainability, and the Food Cycle'.
Cluster | Land, Water and Ocean Environments
Reflections in the water
John Powell considers the action taken to address perceived declines in lake water quality across the Finger Lakes region, and the lessons that can be learned for how to tackle difficult and integrated environmental problems that cross administrative boundaries.
Researchers from CCRI attend Groundswell
The 8th Groundswell event took place earlier this week and was attended by researchers and students from CCRI.
CCRI recruit new research assistant for new ‘CaST’ project
CCRI have recruited a new research assistant to work on co-designing a citizen science approach for achieving integrated catchment management.
Flourishing Floodplains Case Studies Success
The CCRI recently completed a series of case studies working with and for farmers as part of the Flourishing Floodplains project.
On being civil while serving
John Powell reflects on his time as part of the Defra Bill Team that helped to design the Commons Act of 2006, and the need for good working relationships at the heart of government in order to effectively address complex policy issues.
Journeys of change
FARMWELL is a European Thematic Network project funded by Horizon 2020 exploring social innovations that have capacity to improve farmer wellbeing . Recently a CCRI team attended a meeting with project partners in Brașov, Romania.
Assessing the Effectiveness and Cultural Value of Countryside Stewardship Option
Funded by Natural England, this five-month project, which started in November 2021, mapped the uptake of Environmental Stewardship and Countryside Stewardship building maintenance options. Once the mapping was complete, analysis of the geographic pattern of uptake was compared to the national character mapping to identify gaps in uptake.
DEFRA Research Development and Evidence Framework Research (2021-2024)
The CCRI are currently involved in an on-going series of themed research projects under the DEFRA Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Framework.