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News 2020
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Humans responsible for decreasing soil quality
- Never before, soils changed as quickly as over the past 5 thousand years. During his doctoral research, Marijn van der Meij discovered that people and... -
WUR monitors expansion of digital tools in agriculture worldwide
- The uptake of digital agricultural tools and services around the world will be tracked by researchers from Wageningen University & Research. WUR... -
Five years of the climate agreement: “We can keep the earth habitable”
- Exactly five years ago, 196 countries signed the UN Paris Climate Agreement. The ambitious agreements have not been collecting dust over the past five... -
Bringing together Agriculture and Biodiversity
- Agriculture and biodiversity are currently both in the spotlights, but mostly as opposites. This must change, but how? A new EU project will... -
Forest Owners Increasingly Impacted by Climate Change; Measures Needed Soon
- A survey of Dutch forest owners has shown that 80 percent of them are increasingly impacted by natural disturbances linked to climate change, such as... -
New "Soils Revealed" platform puts soil carbon modelling at your fingertips
- The global potential of soil to store more carbon is a “natural solution” to help mitigate climate change. But where does the most... -
Five ways for green agriculture and blue water
- Pollution from agriculture negatively affects the natural environment, with iconic problems such as algal blooms and massive fish kills. On the other... -
Dutch people more happy in the dunes, on the coast and in heathlands than in parks or agricultural areas
- In green areas people feel happier than in built-up areas. Research in other countries showed this before. A recently published article, based on... -
A nature inclusive vision for Bonaire
- What would Bonaire look like in 2050? Experts from the island and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands addressed that question by... -
Research into the Peel fires: more attention needed for wildfires
- The large wildfire in the Deurnese Peel (The Netherlands) last spring was exceptional in scope and intensity. The dry vegetation and difficult weather...