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News 2024
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The modern green volunteer: Dutch people commit en masse to nature
- The image of the classic nature volunteer - an older man with binoculars and a passion for nature conservation - no longer seems to hold true. A... -
Satellite identifies ships emitting excessive nitrogen
- Ships at sea emit massive amounts of nitrogen, posing a global and highly complex problem. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research made... -
From Earth to the Stars: The ReThink Food Challenge Launched in Grand Style
- A student challenge that ignites global innovation to transform food systems for a sustainable future. -
Study measures seabirds’ habitat loss as a result of wind turbines
- A Wageningen Marine Research study shows that razorbills and guillemots on the North Sea avoid wind parks in their flight path. The study uses a new... -
Strong growth in Dutch agricultural exports driven by European trade
- Dutch agricultural exports continue to grow, reaching an estimated 128.9 billion euro in 2024: a 4.8% increase compared to the previous year. Both... -
Winner of the 4th Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge announced
- The tomatoes have been harvested and weighed, the yields and costs calculated, and the results added up. With this, the winner of the 2024 Autonomous... -
The bear truth: conflict can be prevented with brand-new radar
- As human populations expand and climate change disrupts natural habitats, the Eurasian brown bear increasingly conflicts with people. A new technology... -
Can we get rapid tests for avian influenza?
- An experiment in an animal ambulance gave rise to the question whether rapid tests for Influenza A, normally reserved for people, could also be used... -
WBVR to test calves and bluetongue samples for presence of FMD
- An infection with Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMD) has been detected in three water buffaloes in the German state of Brandenburg. Minister Femke... -
Training and influencer boost safer street food in West Africa
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) participated in a project to improve street food safety in Burkina Faso. Grilled chicken sellers were...