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Illegal tree logging - project team

Tackling illegal logging in Peru

Illegal selective logging is both destructive and hard to monitor via conventional satellite imagery. In this new video, Dr Rob Bryant discusses innovative new remote sensing technologies for the automated detection of unauthorised timber extraction.

Watch the video on Sheffield Player
Professor Malcolm Tait against a dark grey background

In loving memory of Professor Malcolm Tait

It is with profound sadness that we inform you that Professor Malcolm Tait of the School of Geography and Planning sadly passed away on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The VolcanoTech team and collaborators in front of a volcano in Chile

Monitoring volcanoes with accessible tech

Taking the pulse of the world’s most dangerous peaks. A conversation with Tom Pering, VolcanoTech CEO/Co-founder.
Masters student blog series: Ideas and practice in International Development

The Search for Netukulimk: Can the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach understand and advance the First Nations’ fight for food security?
A boat sailing near the Galapagos Islands

The challenges of undertaking research during a time of uncertainty

Natalie York, a student on our MSc Environmental Change and International Development course, shares her reflective essay on the challenges of doing fieldwork during the COVID-19 pandemic.