Sociology of Development group research projects
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Knowledge and research for mussel production (KOMPRO)
- A large proportion of mussel fisheries and mussel farming takes place in nature reserves. For this reason, mussel production is governed by strict rules. -
The Secret of Tetrodotoxin in Dutch Shellfish
- Tetrodotoxin is a neurotoxin that can be harmful to humans at low concentrations. In the 2015-2016 season, TTX was found in shellfish in the Oosterschelde. There are many questions about the source, the measurability in organisms, toxicity, but also possible measures. Wageningen Marine Research is investigating these questions and supporting the sector and governments. -
Flutox
- Wageningen University & Research is investigating the crop-protection products produced by manufacturers and the ecotoxicological effects of fungicides in sediments in waterways. This TKI Delta Technology project is part of the Sustainable Water Management programme. -
Scenario development in Integrated Water Resources Management
- The aim of this project is a scenario development in Integrated Water Resources Management coping with future challenges in Bangladesh. -
Arctic Marine Litter Project
- Take a moment to visualise the Arctic: icebergs, snow-capped mountains, polar bears, walruses...But the truth is quite the opposite. Many of the beaches in the European Arctic are littered, and the most abundant type of litter is plastic. -
Delta Alliance
- Delta Alliance is an international knowledge-driven network organisation with the mission of improving the resilience of the world’s deltas. With increasing pressure from population growth, industrialisation and a changing climate, it is more important than ever that these valuable and vulnerable locations increase their resilience to changing conditions. Delta Alliance brings people together who live and work in deltas. They can benefit from each other’s experience and expertise and as such contribute to an increased resilience of their delta region. -
Models of the recycling chain for Dutch plastic packaging
- In the past few years, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has carried out several projects to analyse material flows. The emphasis was on plastic packaging because of the inefficiency of this value-chain and the multiple questions that this sparks. Many of the material flow analyses focused on how diverse types of packaging have been introduced onto the Dutch market and which of these have been collected, mechanically recovered, sorted and recycled. These analyses were used to understand the contribution of each player to the value chain, to calculate the recycling rate and to analyse options for improvement. -
The seafloor before and after drilling activities
- Offshore drilling activities can impact several environmental compartments, and in particular the seafloor. After placing a drilling rig and a drilling well, drilling can commence. Drilling muds are applied and cuttings are produced in this process. Wageningen Marine Research studied whether the composition of seafloor life has changed after drilling activities on the North Sea. -
JCP: Joint Cooperation Programme Bangladesh – the Netherlands
- The Joint Cooperation Programme Bangladesh – the Netherlands (JCP) is a four year knowledge programme, working on Knowledge development for a prosperous delta. When in 2018 the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 got approved, this gave rise to a new type of research questions addressing the need to know more about what will happen in the future, and what way the country can to ready for that. -
Migratory connectivity between Arctic breeding grounds and oceanic wintering areas of seabirds
- This PhD aims to elucidate the migration of an elusive (and therefore poorly studied) group of bird species: long-distance migratory Arctic-breeding pelagic seabirds, Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus, long-tailed skua S. longicaudus, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea and red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus. These species cover different trophic levels (phalaropes low, terns and skuas high) and functions in both the marine and tundra ecosystems, but all share the same breeding areas.