The Nature Recovery Podcast looks at some of the major challenges we face to global biodiversity. It takes a look at the various ways we are trying to halt the decline in biodiversity and the challenges inherent in these approaches. We also talk to a number of leading figures in the field of Nature Recovery and find out more about their work.
Stephen is the centre manager of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. When not working on nature based solutions, podcasts or organizing meeting he spends time in woodlands and also runs a sauna business at weekends and gets involved with a number of community schemes:
https://www.saunagus.co.uk/
He's passionate about ancient woodland and increasing nature connection in society.
Hello, I’m Dr Caitlin Hafferty, a postdoctoral researcher in environmental social science based at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.
I am a researcher and expert in public and stakeholder engagement in environmental decision-making, and I am passionate about championing the contributions of social sciences to nature recovery.
Raphaella Mascia holds a dual role within the Leverhulme Center for Nature Recovery as both an environmental practitioner and a researcher. She is the monitoring and evaluation manager for the Evenlode Landscape Recovery project and an interdisciplinary environmental researcher, who connects other Leverhulme Center researchers with the Evenlode Landscape Recovery project. In her role as a Leverhulme Center for Nature Recovery researcher, she currently co-leads a project on utilizing available nature finance opportunities to maximize habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes in the UK, across various scales. .