Biodiverse Environment News
On this page, you will find all news and activities related to the Biodiverse Environment programme.
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The Netherlands is not going to meet 2020 biodiversity targets
November 19, 2019 - The accelerating rate of biodiversity decline is unprecedented. Together with global warming this is one of the major threats to mankind, IPBES states... -
Large research project on species-rich meadows in the Netherlands
October 4, 2019 - A team of researchers of Wageningen Research is going to develop a typology of species-rich grasslands in the Dutch "Green Heart". The... -
Mice infestation changes South Friesland into prairie landscape
July 31, 2019 - Large parts in the southern areas of the Province of Friesland look like a prairie landscape and that is not caused by drought. The peat grazing areas... -
How welcome is the wolf in the Netherlands?
June 7, 2019 - She made headlines this week: a second wolf has settled in the Veluwe. Good news for ecologists, but how welcome are these predators in the... -
Second wolf settles in the Veluwe
June 4, 2019 - A second wolf has taken up residence in the Veluwe national park, as revealed in a monitoring study by Wageningen Environmental Research on behalf of... -
Researchers map how trees, fungi and bacteria collaborate on nutrient exchange worldwide
May 15, 2019 - In and around the tangled roots of the forest floor, fungi and bacteria grow with trees. They collaborate on exchanging nutrients for carbon. A new... -
Scientist collaborate on the use of big data for monitoring ecosystem anomalies
May 13, 2019 - Climate and land use changes can have irreversible impacts on the biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. The consequences of these threats for our... -
Nature’s decline ‘unprecedented’ in human history: 1 million species threatened with extinction
May 7, 2019 - The current global efforts are insufficient to stop the unprecedented decline of nature: drastic societal changes are necessary to stop the loss of... -
Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite pathways in forest recovery
April 22, 2019 - The composition of regrowing wet and dry tropical forests follow opposite pathways while these forests are growing older. This has large consequences... -
Dutch National Landscape Survey: Randstad least favoured, Drenthe gets the highest score
March 14, 2019 - The Randstad has the least attractive rural area in the Netherlands, while Drenthe is the most appreciated region. This has come as the result of the...