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TKT Podcast — CCI Turner Fellow Elree Winnett Seelig & Dr Mike Maunder

In the first episode of the Turner Kirk Trust podcast, Elree Winnett Seelig, the inaugural Turner Fellow at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), sits down with Dr Maunder Maunder, the CCI's Executive Director, to discuss her work during her Fellowship.

Dr. Patricia Turner — “I believe that conserving biodiversity is not a luxury but a survival imperative”

Our co-founder, Dr. Patricia Turner, gives an interview on biodiversity, philanthropy and the new Turner Fellowship Programme at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative that she is spearheading.

The Turner-Kirk Trust launches brand-new global conservation fellowship at Cambridge Conservation Initiative

The Turner Kirk Trust has provided a £250,000 philanthropic gift to launch the Turner Fellowship programme, based at the world-renowned Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
Ewan Kirk at the University of Southampton

Students to transform drone design in fight against climate change and poaching

The University of Southampton has launched a new student-led research programme to develop new unmanned aviation vehicles (UAVs) to fight back against climate change and poaching, after a £15,000 donation by the Trust.