Later this week, the 11th Oxford Real Farming Conference takes place. CCRI’s Chris Short will be attending and presenting in a key session concerning common land.
Chris Short presenting at Oxford Real Farming Conference
Chris Short presents at historical sustainability workshop in Bern
Chris Short is currently in Bern, attending a workshop focussing on historical forms of sustainability. He will be presenting work from the FUTGRAZE project, which is in conjunction with NIBIO and the Foundation for Common Land.
Flying down to Lima
On July 1st, the 17th Biennial IASC conference will take place in Lima, Peru. The conference theme is ‘In Defense of the Commons: Challenges, Innovation, and Action’, and will feature three researchers from CCRI. One of these, John Powell, former president gives some details about their forthcoming trip to South America.
Janet Dwyer and Chris Short facilitating at GFirst Agri, Food and Rural Business Group
On November 29th, Janet Dwyer and Chris Short facilitated a GFirst LEP sponsored event at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.
New publication on Natural Flood Management
Chris Short is lead author on a newly published paper linked to his work on Natural Flood Management in the Stroud valleys.
Making Gloucestershire a pioneer of green infrastructure
The CCRI and the University of Gloucestershire are signing a pledge, along with other Gloucestershire organisations, to commit to making Gloucestershire a pioneer of green infrastructure, creating a better, more attractive place to live, work and visit, as well as becoming an exemplar for the rest of the country #glosnature
Chris Short talks about management of commonland at meeting in Norway
Chris Short was invited to speak at the 20th meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pasture Network
CCRI respond to Health and Harmony consultation
The CCRI has responded to an open invitation from The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) regarding its consultation on “Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit”.
MEDIA COVERAGE – People should be brought to the centre stage to deliver more environmental and social benefits
Media coverage from “People should be brought to the centre stage to deliver more environmental and social benefits” (PEGASUS project)
MEDIA RELEASE – People should be brought to the centre stage to deliver more environmental and social benefits
One of the key recommendations coming out of a recently completed EU funded project is a new approach that would bring the social dimension – people – to the centre stage to deliver more environmental and social benefits.