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Waterfront at Leeds

Representatives from the water, marine and maritime sectors across the UK and Ireland will come together in Leeds to help tackle some of Europe’s most pressing water challenges.

members of the disaster justice network

The GENERATE Project at the University of Leeds has launched a community-led network in Indonesia dedicated to advancing more just, inclusive, and equitable approaches to disaster risk reduction.

‘Afrothismia lovettii’ was found near a large waterfall in the Kihansi Gorge of the Udzungwa Mountains. Credit: Professor Jon Lovett.

A ‘remarkably strange-looking' plant has been named after Professor Jon Lovett, who discovered it in the Tanzania rainforests.

Two people sitting on a log talking amongst green foliage

A new study by Naufal, a PhD student in the School of Geography from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, sheds light on why some smallholder farming communities adopt practices that damage the land.

A beaver swimming through water covered in leaves

Releasing beavers as part of a trial in the North York Moors has helped to reduce downstream flooding and enhance biodiversity, according to new research from the University of Leeds.