Impacts

Conservation

OneZoom Tree of Life project

OneZoom is dedicated to advancing public education in evolution, biodiversity, and conservation by creating an interactive, digital “tree of life” that anyone can explore.

  • STEM
  • Conservation
  • 2025
Darwinian entrepreneurs and Dr. Ewan Kirk, co-founder of the Turner Kirk Trust

The Darwin Business Plan Project

In partnership with Darwin College of the University of Cambridge, the Turner Kirk Trust Darwin Business Plan project was established to support new entrepreneurial ideas that pilot collaborative solutions to global challenges.

  • STEM
  • Conservation
  • 2025

Turner Kirk Trust Antarctic Krill Project

In collaboration with Imperial College London, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and other partners, the research project set out to develop increased understanding of Antarctic krill distribution and its role in the Southern Ocean ecosystem.

  • Conservation
  • 2023
The Turner Kirk Trust Sprint Challenge

The Turner Kirk Trust Sprint Challenge

In partnership with Imperial College London, the Turner Kirk Trust Sprint Challenge was established to bring together conservation scientists and mathematicians from Imperial’s Centre for Environmental Policy, Department of Life Sciences, and Department of Mathematics.

  • STEM
  • Conservation
  • 2023

The Turner Fellows Programme

A new global fellowship programme at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative to protect biodiversity and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.

  • Conservation
  • 2020

The Turner-Kirk UAV Research Programme

A new student-led research programme to develop new unmanned aerial vehicles to fight back against climate change and poaching, funded by the Trust.

  • STEM
  • Conservation
  • 2019

The Turner-Kirk Fellowship Programme

A fellowship programme at the University of Oxford aimed at supporting a wide spectrum of zoological research projects across Africa and South-East Asia.

  • Conservation
  • 2013