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2025

Early term events and Local Nature Recovery

The term has kicked off with a bang – not just metaphorically as our director Tom Cameron was invited to attend a workshop between Landowners, residents, NGOs, charities and researchers for the “Constable to Gainsborough Landscape Recovery Project” hosted by Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

The project aims to help recover nature in north Essex and Suffolk through a funded Landscape Recovery plan that includes reducing non-native deer abundance and promoting habitat recovery, increased engagement and respect for nature and promoting wild venison as a food product alongside the many products farmed on these landscapes. Amongst ancient grains locally harvested, wild venison from one of the partner landholdings covering 18500 hectares was served for lunch.

There are other events you can get involved in this autumn including the Wild Essex Imaginarium and be on the lookout for announcements from CES on a new events series and a one off looking into “Renaturing” alongside the author of a book by the same name, Essex very own James Canton.

As we begin this term the Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy has gone live. Past members of CES have been involved in this, as well as many current colleagues and partner organisations – look out for ways to get involved.

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CES Themes

Following on from the Centre for Environment and Society CURE event last academic year, the CES strategy board are focussing our support around three Research themes for 2025-27:

1. Nature Rights
2. Public Access and Nature Recovery
3. Agriculture and People.

We will be encouraging and supporting the leadership of events and grant application activities across these themes.

Interdisciplinary Royal Society APEX award

Congratulations to two CES members, Dr Marina Lostal and Dr Martin Wilkes, have won a Royal Society of London Interdisciplinary award to bring together environmental law, with a focus on Rights of Nature and Ecological Sciences. Their project is titled 'Navigating Riverine War Reparations: The Case of the Cauca River'. Contact Marina (ml20391@essex.ac.uk) or Martin (m.wilkes@essex.ac.uk) for more information.