News & Calendar Biodiversity
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01 March 2012
Yield from organically grown crops globally 20% lower than in conventional farming
- Globally speaking, the yield from crops from organic farming is on average twenty percent lower than from crops grown according to conventional... -
12 January 2012
Butterflies and birds unable to keep pace with climate change in Europe
- Butterflies and birds are no longer able to keep up with climate change. -
29 November 2011
Global agriculture able to continue feeding growing world population
- Global agriculture, with the Netherlands leading the way, is demonstrably more prolific, better and cleaner than in preceding years -
05 October 2011
Good pollution management is a matter of making the right choices
- Managing the pollution of our environment is a highly complex matter and full of fundamental dilemmas -
04 October 2011
Launch of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
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10 August 2011
Many species are needed to maintain ecosystem services
- Species are less redundant than previously thought for providing ecosystem services, reports this week’s Nature -
02 August 2011
British approach to organising plans for Natura 2000 area example to the Netherlands
- Why is it that plans for organising a stretch of the British coast at Thanet for Natura 2000 have been implemented successfully, while in the... -
14 June 2011
Is the Amazon rain forest nearing its end?
- While Brazil has relaxed its laws on nature, the tussle among its government, agriculture and nature lobbyists is not yet over, says Peter Zuurbier... -
07 February 2011
Climate change makes butterflies more frequent flyers
- Thanks to climate change, butterflies are flying more frequently, further and longer -
14 January 2011
Corals in the nursery
- Wageningen UR wants to play a part in the coral scene. Its first attempts are promising. The Dutch even has a first: an inland coral breeding nursery