News archive 2016
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Transforming cities in a changing climate
July 5, 2016 - Cities across Europe must step up their adaptation efforts if they are to handle the increasingly complex challenges caused by climate change such as... -
Largest global coffee initiative to cope with climate variability
May 27, 2016 - With an investment of 25 million euros the Colombian coffee sector should become climate proof to ensure more than half a million coffee farmers to... -
Extreme heat in India leads to serious problems for poor people
May 26, 2016 - Extreme heat conditions in India are making the headlines for the second year in a row. Amid a nationwide heatwave the city of Phalodi in northern... -
Mono fermentation becoming economically viable
March 24, 2016 - Fermenting manure into biogas is in line with Dutch ambitions to increase the sustainability of energy production and close mineral cycles.... -
Importance of social sciences for the credibility of traditional scientific assessments
March 4, 2016 - It recently made news in the media: the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) presented its Thematic Assessment of... -
First golden jackal spotted in the Netherlands
March 3, 2016 - On 19 February 2016 a golden jackal (Canis aureus) was spotted in the Veluwe nature reserve. It is the first sighting of this animal species in the... -
Surprise discovery: large bee species are becoming increasingly smaller
February 11, 2016 - As part of their research into the causes of declining bee populations, an international group of researchers, including Jeroen Scheper and David... -
A tailor-made approach is necessary to preserve biodiversity
February 10, 2016 - Biodiversity in Europe is disappearing at an alarming rate. The European Common Agricultural Policy proposed that 3–7% of EU farmland should be... -
Repetitive use of antibiotic macrolide increases long-lasting obesity and asthma
January 26, 2016 - The use of the antibiotic macrolide in two to seven years old Finnish children is associated with a long-lasting shift in their intestinal bacterial... -
The influence of our food choices on nitrogen emissions and the European environment
January 22, 2016 - Halving the current consumption of meat and dairy in Europe would not only have considerable health benefits but also achieve reductions of around 40%...
News 2015 and older
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Rooted cities: the future of cities depends on their landscape history
November 5, 2015 - The capital cities of Europe are vulnerable. They are vulnerable because of flooding and heat, but there is also the question of supplies of food,... -
Possibilities to work with the city of Curitiba, Brazil
October 20, 2015 - By signing a Memorandum of Understanding Wageningen UR offers students and researchers a new possibility to work in an international environment on... -
Finance green projects with the Green Finance Academy
October 9, 2015 - Banks and companies are increasingly showing their interest in financing green or development projects. To tap into this new source of investment, the... -
The capability of remote sensing of annual terrestrial gross primary productivity
April 25, 2014 - Robust and repeatable characterization of spatiotemporal variability in carbon budgets is critically important and the carbon cycle science community... -
Floods in Bangladesh; support from Wageningen UR highlighted in Nature
April 17, 2014 - Bangladesh is a dynamic delta, in which fighting poverty and economic development go hand in hand with fighting population pressure and climate... -
IPCC: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
April 1, 2014 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific body under the auspices of the United Nations (UN). It reviews and assesses the... -
Peat experts help the Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) to preserve peatlands and to reduce its carbon emissions
March 1, 2014 - A team of peat experts headed by Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) has been appointed by APP to work with the company as it implements... -
Improved utilisation of forests to meet demand for wood
January 13, 2014 - Europe has more than 117 million hectares of forest, but the sustainable utilisation – especially in privately owned forests – falls short... -
Preventing and remediating degradation of soils in Europe through land care
November 28, 2013 - The European Commission recently granted Wageningen University and partners a 11 million euro international research project focusing on preventing... -
Dutch and Indonesian research institutes upgrade collaboration on water, weather and climate
November 25, 2013 - Indonesia has water management problems that include land subsidence, groundwater extraction, flooding and drought. Research institutes in the...