Executive Summary In the age of a warming climate, record-breaking temperatures are increasingly threatening people and wildlife across the globe. Ecosystem restoration, with its dual capacity to sequester carbon and enhance biodiversity, has the potential to be a huge part…
Winter 2023
The Vital Role of Built Property in Conservation Built property is a fundamental part of our mission to Scale Conservation for people and wildlife. If people cannot live, work and play in the rural landscape how can we ever hope…
Winter 2023
We don’t have the luxury of black and white anymore; virtually everything we do requires us to operate in a world of grey. Contradictions and compromises are an everyday imperative in our work to Scale Conservation by delivering positive environmental…
Winter 2023
We’ve recently exchanged contracts for Oxygen Conservation’s tenth land acquisition in less than two years. With this new site, our portfolio will span just shy of 30,000 acres across eight counties in three countries – England, Scotland and Wales –…
Summer 2023
Over the last two years, Oxygen Conservation has redefined what’s possible in rural land acquisition in terms of speed and scale and, moreover, all of this land has been bought principally for conservation. For us, this means delivering a positive environmental…
Summer 2023
Embrace the Power of Hope in the Battle Against Climate Change! Introduction – In the battle against climate change, it is important to recognise that anger and fear have their place and many of us feel that way every day. But…
Summer 2023
How Reading Changed Me and My Career As a development geek, I have always sought ways to expand my knowledge and grow both personally and professionally. However, in my youth, reading was not a passion of mine; I much preferred…
Summer 2023
Introduction: In today’s complex world, the challenges of climate collapse, biodiversity crisis, and our relationship with the natural world demand our immediate attention. Recognising this complexity, we all still strive for simplicity meaning we often oversimplify the intricacies of these…
Spring 2023
OXYGEN CONSERVATION & TRIODOS BANK SCALING CONSERVATION HAS BECOME A GLOBAL IMPERATIVE Scaling Conservation has become a global imperative as the world faces increasing threats from climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, and the loss of biodiversity. The need for…
Spring 2023
We are hugely fortunate to own and manage a portfolio of special landscapes across England, Scotland and Wales (at the time of writing) and recognise that we cannot and will never be experts in each of these unique environments. We are therefore…
Spring 2023
Market demand for carbon credits is growing rapidly, increasing the price of rural land in the process and in many ways posing a new threat to the natural environment, local communities and wildlife. My advice to most businesses therefore would…
Spring 2023
