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Articles
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Climate and livestock: practical innovations for reduced greenhouse gas emissions
- Climate disasters are increasingly affecting the world. One of the main contributors is the greenhouse gas effect, and livestock farming contributes... -
How does reporting on climate mitigation benefit developing countries?
- Does it make sense for the least developed countries to report on their actions to mitigate climate change? That is one of the questions Aarti Gupta's... -
Alumnus Pádraic Flood, founder of Aardaia: ‘Aardaker has the potential to become a protein potato’
- In 2009, botanist Pádraic Flood moved from Ireland to the Netherlands to pursue a PhD. In Wageningen, he learned all about genetic variation in... -
10 questions about ash dieback
- Ash dieback affects both young and mature trees and is a rapidly growing problem. It’s caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, also known... -
Alumna Mariana Santos-Silva, and 'The Pasteurization of the Netherlands'
- Mariana Santos-Silva studied Plant Sciences and is now working on her PhD at WUR. She developed her first company while still in college and built a... -
Palm oil could be much more sustainable
- Research in Indonesia shows that it is possible to meet global demand for palm oil without felling forests, thus reducing the environmental impact of... -
Alumna Gerda Brilleman has been volunteering since 2016, serving as a board member of Alumnikring Noord
- Gerda studied Environmental Sciences at WUR, and after all these years, she still works in the same field at Waterbedrijf Groningen. Besides juggling... -
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... -
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... -
Jeffrey van Houten became cameraman and photographer after studying at WUR
- Jeffrey loves nothing more than observing nature and capturing animal behavior. From this passion for nature, his interest in photography, film, and...