Biodiverse Environment News
On this page, you will find all news and activities related to the Biodiverse Environment programme.
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Human activity impacts wildlife in protected tropical areas
- Tropical mammals living inside protected areas are affected by human activity, even when this activity occurs outside of the protected range. That is... -
The evenness of tree species abundance is key to increasing forest growth
- High forest productivity (the increase of biomass) is not only the result of how many different tree species occur in a forest, but also how abundant... -
Manatees equipped with cameras for seagrass research
- Animal keepers at Royal Burgers' Zoo are temporarily equipping Caribbean manatees with camera-tag technology as part of international scientific... -
Sea turtles in a landscape of fear
- Many sea turtles live their adult lives in predator-free environments due to overfishing of their main predator, the tiger shark. Because of this, it... -
Sea turtles are returning, what are the effects on ecosystem functioning?
- Sea turtles have been overharvested in the past, resulting in their endangered population status. But since two decades, their populations have... -
WUR researchers about alarming WWF report: "We must act now"
- The Living Planet Report published by WWF on 13 October shows well-documented evidence that humanity has far exceeded our planet's safe limits. The... -
The entire planet’s ecosystems classified for the first time
- Wageningen University & Research has been part of a global cross-disciplinary process to develop the first comprehensive classification of the... -
Will tropical mountain tree species adjust to warming temperatures?
- Many plant species, probably including a third of all trees, are threatened by extinction. One of the growing threats is rapid climate change and the... -
Inauguration Liesbeth Bakker: ‘If you give nature room, it returns rapidly’
- Can giving nature more room help us solve major crises? Liesbeth Bakker, who is to be inaugurated as a professor by special appointment of Rewilding... -
Where the wild things are… Which tropical forest mammals occur where?
- Tropical forests sustain hundreds of wonderful and seldom seen mammal species: spanning jaguars, tapirs, monkeys and elephants. Many of these are...