Cambridge specialists lead the way in conservation science and informing worldwide policy on the environment. The University has centres of expertise in threatened species, ecosystems, assessing the economic and social aspects of conservation, and the management of the use of biological resources. A unique feature of Cambridge is the extent of the collaboration between academics with policy-makers, government agencies, conservation organisations and other institutes based in and around Cambridge. The Cambridge Conservation Forum (CCF) exists to strengthen the links between them. During 2006-07 the University created three new chairs in conservation, including the Miriam Rothschild Chair of Conservation Biology, established to honour the eminent zoologist Dame Miriam Rothschild.
