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Sustainable Land Use
- Sustainable Land Use ensures a fair and balanced distribution of land, water, biodiversity and other environmental resources between the various... -
Green Climate Solutions
- We can no longer ignore the fact that the world's climate is becoming more unpredictable and more extreme. As water levels rise, the risk of flooding... -
Sustainable Water Management
- Water is essential to life and seemingly abundant and well-managed. Yet actually, our changing world is showing us the limitations of these... -
Melting glaciers are going to affect food security
- The glaciers of the Himalayas and Alps are melting, and this has consequences for the agriculture of the future. One third of all rice is grown around... -
Deltas are under pressure
- Climate change and sea level rises are putting delta areas such as Vietnam and Bangladesh under pressure. WUR is helping to make deltas future proof,... -
Seventy years after the Great Flood of 1953, salinisation is once again a hot topic
- Seventy years ago, in 1953, the North Sea flooded the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, and the salt water left much of land unsuitable for... -
A leap forward in measuring soil carbon enables carbon farming
- Agricultural soils hold great potential for climate change mitigation by removing atmospheric CO2 and storing it in the soil. Enhancing soil carbon... -
New report on neonicotinoids
- Halving the use of plant protection products in agriculture, such as neonicotinoids, is part of the EU's "Farm to Fork" strategy. In a new... -
Why seagrass needs space
- Seagrass: green leaves swaying in the currents. Fish weave their way through, and sea turtles graze. They’re always on their guard, watching out... -
Birds of prey with GPS transmitters show the probability of collision with wind turbines
- What are the negative consequences for birds of prey now that the number of wind turbines in the Netherlands is only increasing? And how can we...