WESIC will have its annual meeting on the 24^th June in Scarman Conference Centre, with support from the Sustainability Spotlight. This meeting provides an excellent opportunity for Environment researchers from across the university to come together. The day will include sessions where researchers can introduce their interests and work related to biodiversity, pollution, and climate change. Additionally, a new group will be launched to collaborate with the estates team in utilizing the University campuses as living laboratories for research. There will also be allocated time for networking and exploring potential research collaborations among attendees. Lunch will be provided to participants. If you would like to attend WESIC's annual meeting, please register your interest by visiting WESIC Annual Meeting RegistrationLink opens in a new window.

Wesic has established an Environmental Research Early-Mid Career Academic Network- WeCan. Currently the network involves 12 assistant/ associate Professors from Life Sciences, Global Sustainable Development and Engineering and we are seeking to expand the network more widely across Warwick Departments and Faculties. The network meets every 6-8 weeks to build and establish research collaborations and support the development of multidisciplinary research funding proposals. The next meeting will be the week commencing the 4^th March. If you are interested in joining the network please email Gary Bending (gary.bending@warwick.ac.uk) for more information.

A new project has started in partnership with Coventry City Council to investigate the use of observatories to provide baseline data on biodiversity, enabling long term responses to restoration and climate change to be measured. The project will use eDNA metabarcoding approaches to investigate biodiversity, including indicator species such as white clawed crayfish and water voles. Further details are here

https://warwick.ac.uk/research/partnerships/place-based-research/our-projects/edna/Link opens in a new window

For further information contact Prof Gary Bending, School of Life Sciences: gary.bending@warwick.ac.uk