Biological diversity - or ‘biodiversity’ - is understood as the variability of life on Earth; the diversity of biotic life within any given area.
Biological diversity – or ‘biodiversity’ – is understood as the variability of life on Earth; the diversity of biotic life within any given area. Biological diversity can be considered at a range of scales-within species, between species and across ecosystems. The Convention on Biological Diversity, a multilateral treaty which aims to promote biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources, was launched at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Since that time, the conservation of biodiversity in its constituent forms has become a goal of a number of regional, national and international organizations. Within the project, we work within and across fields concerned with the conservation of crop diversity, plant and animal species diversity, protected area management and the conservation and maintenance of ecosystem diversity. Each of our partner organisations work in different ways to achieve these aims. Importantly, our project explored intersections between natural and cultural heritage conservation, ways in which these might be redefined and considered collectively, and the possibility for developing shared solutions to common problems across these two domains.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is an international research centre into biodiversity in several fields. ...

Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP)
Linguists estimate that half of the 7000 spoken languages today will have fallen silent by ...

Nordgen
The search for ‘improved’ yield and resilience in crop varieties has resulted in increased homogeneity ...

Transforming Loss: Knowledge Exchange at Orford
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Museums
Biodiversity
Esther Breithoff and Rodney Harrison. 2018. From ark to bank: extinction, proxies and biocapitals in ex-situ biodiversity conservation practices. International Journal of Heritage Studies.
21/09/2018
Techniques of Worlding: Categorization Knowledge Exchange at Kew
28/02/2017 — 02/03/2017
The Heritage Futures team hosts a Knowledge Exchange workshop at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
A Berlin Thought Experiment: Heritage Futures Visits CARMaH
26/04/2017 — 28/04/2017
A Heritage Futures Knowledge Exchange Workshop, held in partnership with the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage in Berlin.
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Nuclear Waste Management
Deep Space Messaging
World Heritage Site Management
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Homes
Museums
Biodiversity
Cultural Diversity

Summary of the Nature-Culture Workshop at IUCN
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Biodiversity
Cultural Diversity
Afterlives Salon
02/03/2017
This salon to accompany the current Octagon exhibition Cabinets of Consequence will explore how heritage and other related forms of conservation practices (including nuclear waste management) make futures. How do we use material culture to stitch futures from pasts? What do we conserve? What do we get rid of? What do we allow to change? This Salon will be staged as a series of conversations across various themes currently being explored within the Heritage Futures research programme,Event held at Haldane Room, Wilkins Building , Gower Street WC1
Rodney Harrison
Cornelius Holtorf
Caitlin DeSilvey
Sefryn Penrose
Sarah May
Jennie Morgan
Nadia Bartolini
Antony Lyons
Kyle Lee Crossett
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Nuclear Waste Management
Deep Space Messaging
World Heritage Site Management
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Homes
Museums
Biodiversity
Cultural Diversity
The 100,000 Year Question
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Nuclear Waste Management
Deep Space Messaging
Built Heritage Management
Museums
Biodiversity

From the Vault to the Archive
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Nuclear Waste Management
Deep Space Messaging
Built Heritage Management
Museums
Biodiversity
Cultural Diversity
Cabinets of Consequence
01/06/2016 — 29/06/2017
The Octagon Gallery, University College London
Nature/Culture Heritage Surgery: Building Sustainable Heritage Futures in the Anthropocene
04/09/2016
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Hawaii
Rodney Harrison
Cornelius Holtorf
Sharon Macdonald
Caitlin DeSilvey
Sefryn Penrose
Sarah May
Jennie Morgan
Nadia Bartolini
Antony Lyons