CCRI is the largest specialist rural research centre in the UK, having expertise in all aspects of research in policy and planning for the countryside and the environment of the UK, Europe and further afield.
Dan Keech and former CCRI colleague, Owain Jones (now Professor of Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University), together hosted two sessions at this year’s annual international conference of the Royal Geographical Society at Cardiff University
CCRI Director, Professor Janet Dwyer is making a seminar presentation on Thursday 14th December about her experience and research over the summer in Kyoto, Japan, where she undertook an OECD Research Fellowship. The seminar is free to attend.
CCRI Director, Professor Janet Dwyer, has just returned to the CCRI after spending two months during the summer in Kyoto, Japan, where she undertook an OECD Research Fellowship.
Dan Keech will be speaking at an conference in Sidmouth, Devon, on 16th April at an event which is being organized by the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, called ‘Orchards in the Landscape’. Dan’s presentation is called ‘New commercial models for old cultural landscapes – orchard conservation in Germany and England’.
On Thursday, 7th April, the CCRI is pleased to welcome Dr Morten Clemetsen from the University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, who will be presenting “Current trends in integrated landscape protection, planning and management in Norway. The case of theNærøyfjorden UNESCO World Heritage Area”. CCRI seminars are free events and all are welcome to attend.
Janet Dwyer, Chris Short and Katarina Kubinokova are all attending a PEGASUS project meeting in Evora, Portugal, this week. The meeting is timed to showcase the first year’s work and to provide a platform and training for the second year of the project. This EU Horizon 2020 research project aims to investigate the provision of public goods and ecosystem services from agriculture and forestry, aiming to unlock the synergies between economic and environmental benefits for society.