Connecting people for nature

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Global, national and regional biodiversity loss is an existential crisis requiring collaborative research, education and action.

Our Natural Environment, or ONE, connects research, organisations and communities across Cornwall, Devon and beyond, turning shared expertise into partnerships, projects and environmental action.

Strategic Networking

Built around shared environmental priorities, large-scale collaborative research ambitions, and exchange of expertise, Tier One supports the strategic networking of these partnerships while creating a base for entirely new collaborations to emerge.

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The Ideas Factory

Our research institutes have capacity to convene people working in Our Natural Environment, through themed collaboration days, co-located hotdesking, associate status, and professional networking opportunities.

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Grassroots Events

Our Natural Environment will act as a tidal network, using grassroots energy to share environmental and ecological research, applications and learning.

Our campuses will grow their portfolios of sector-facing events, open to participation by everyone working in the Natural Environment.

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Location

Based at the University of Exeter’s Environment and Sustainability Institute in Cornwall, ONE brings together people, research and organisations from across the South West and beyond.