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1. Rethinking the orangutan

   The critically endangered orangutan—one of human’s closet living relatives—has become a symbol of wild nature’s vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest conservation.

2. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

   MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.

3. World’s rarest great ape virtually wiped out in a century

   The survival of the worlds rarest great ape the Tapanuli Orangutan is hanging in the balance, according to a team of scientists.

4. LJMU developing climate institute

   LJMU is developing proposals to launch our own climate institute and we want to involve staff who can help it make an impact.

5. Climate institute planning under way

   Colleagues from the across the university have this week come together to begin scoping out the proposed new LJMU climate institute.

6. Ancient skeletal hand could reveal evolutionary secrets

   A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.

7. Sustainability and climate survey

   What do you think LJMU’s priorities should be around sustainability and climate change?

8. LJMU Climate Research Institute

   Staff are invited to attend a second workshop focussed on the proposed LJMU Climate Research Institute. It follows the successful design sprint session held in December, in which colleagues with research interests in the area met to begin scoping out the planned institute.

9. LiRICS launch

   Liverpool John Moores University has officially launched its new research institute to address the key issues around climate and sustainability.

10. LJMU to launch climate and sustainability research institute

    LJMU is to launch a new research institute to bring together and accelerate world-leading research around climate and sustainability.