Cesca Darvill
- Email: eefhd@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Implications of Native Woodland Creation for Soil Carbon within upland landscapes in the United Kingdom
- Supervisors: Professor Dominick Spracklen, Dr Cat Scott, Professor Pippa Chapman, Professor Michael Kirkby
Profile
I’m a PhD researcher working in the School of Earth and Environment, supported by the Peter Sowerby Foundation, my focus lies on collaborating with landscape recovery initiatives within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Notably, I closely engage with the Snaizeholme Valley Woodland Trust and the Wild Ingleborough partnership, which comprises organizations such as Natural England, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, WWF-UK, United Bank of Carbon, and the University of Leeds.
I have been employed as a research assistant by the University of Leeds to work across both projects, I have contributed to the development and implementation of monitoring methodologies aimed at assessing long-term changes in land management practices and their impacts on ecosystem service delivery.
Research interests
My research area focuses on upland landscape management using nature-based solutions and their impact on current and future ecosystem functionality, particulary of soil carbon sequrestration and storage, and hydrological soil dynamics.
Within this area of study, my main focus is on conservation-led woodland creation, and my main interest is to provide new evidence to create practical on-the-ground solutions to common dilemas within upland woodland planting schemes.
Qualifications
- BSc Geography with Year Abroad
Research groups and institutes
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science