News & Calendar Biodiversity
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13 September 2024
Water and soil driven land design
- The Dutch have actively managed water in their country for centuries. Initially, water levels were always determined by the requirements of... -
02 September 2024
New chair: Seed systems and agrobiodiversity
- Stef de Haan has been appointed professor by special appointment in Seed Systems and Agrobiodiversity at Wageningen University & Research.... -
30 August 2024
The air is full of DNA!
- Animals lose dander, mucus and hair that end up in the air. Would it be possible to collect and analyse those traces to map local biodiversity? This... -
27 August 2024
Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative: 'First WUR, then the rest of the world'
- From Wageningen Campus to the United Nations Science Summit: the Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative has extended its reach. Three years of intensive... -
22 August 2024
A single dashboard for all biodiversity data
- Researchers at Wageningen Environmental Research are trying to create the most comprehensive picture they can of the biodiversity of new agricultural... -
06 August 2024
Impact of bottom fishing on seabed carbon more complicated than previously thought
- A new study led by marine biologist Justin Tiano of Wageningen Marine Research, together with a team of international scientists, uncovers the complex... -
02 August 2024
Diet young polar cod more varied than previously assumed
- Earlier research by Wageningen Marine research (WMR) and partners, including the German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), showed that many juvenile... -
08 July 2024
Leeuwarden centre of Antarctic scientific consultation
- The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) holds an annual three-week meeting on the Southern Ocean around... -
04 July 2024
“The potential of the North Sea is enormous”
- The North Sea has become an ‘anthropogenic sea’: one in which almost all natural processes are influenced by human activities. The nature... -
03 July 2024
European grants of 2.5 million for WUR professors Liesje Mommer and Thijs Ettema
- Fundamental science in ecology and microbiology at Wageningen University & Research is getting a boost through European subsidies. Professor of...