News archive 2016
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New service for climate change adaptation in water management
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SWICCA, part of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), offers readily available climate-impact data to speed up workflows in climate-change...
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New book: Food Production and Nature Conservation - conflicts and solutions
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Today a new book is published by Resource Ecology professor Herbert Prins and colleagues on the relationship between food production and nature...
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Eight million for climate, water and soil
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The collaboration between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and a consortium of water boards, universities and knowledge institutions was...
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Large-scale demonstration projects for recovering nutrients from manure and sludge
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Soon, the first ‘Groene Mineralen Centrale’ (green mineral plant) for the processing of pig manure will be realised. The plant will...
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More nature around the home linked to decreased anxiety disorders
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In living environments with more natural elements, such as greenery or water, residents suffer less frequently from anxiety disorders than in...
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Vegetables from Mars awarded the 2016 Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs prize for science
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Mars soil researcher Wieger Wamelink has been awarded the 2016 Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs prize for science. He was awarded the prize during the...
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Collaboration key to succes for clusters
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Around 400 professionals, academics and policymakers from all over the world are at the three-day TCI Global Conference 2016 in Eindhoven to discuss...
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New partnership between Wageningen University & Research, TNO and Lloyd’sRegister Foundation to study safety at sea
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A new study into safety at sea is taking off as part of a partnership between Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Wageningen University & Research...
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Adaptive circular cities
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Cities should be resilient against climate change (adaptive) and utilise more useable residual materials as raw materials (circular). Wageningen...
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Natura 2000 network of crucial importance for many European species
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In 2015 the European Commission published the report The State of Nature in the European Union - giving the status of and trends for habitat types and...