Knowledge for a sustainable world

The role of women in the global economy is crucial but often under-appreciated. Dr Ana Marr, Reader in International Development Economics at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), was invited to...

A major new scientific collaboration between East Malling Research (EMR) and the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich (UoG) was launched on Tuesday December 11th by HRH...

The first book devoted to the subject of 'Radar Entomology', the technique used to observe the movements of insects, has been co-authored by Alistair Drake of the University of New South Wales...

The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) recently completed an evaluation of the Comic Relief Trade Programme, examining its impact on smallholder producers in Africa. As well as assessing the impact of...

In the first week of January 2013 Professor Bob Cheke from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) will appear on the new BBC Nature TV series ‘Nature’s Weirdest Events’ which will unpack the science...

A fine mist of rain falls on the world’s oldest desert, the first rain in 24 months. In a valley apparently devoid of life, the local nomadic Himba women, with babies strapped to their backs, bend...