News & Calendar Biodiversity
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22 March 2024
New stands in the List of Varieties of Trees
- The Centre for Genetic Resources Netherlands (CGN) is continuously looking for new seed sources for inclusion in the List of Varieties of Trees. In... -
22 March 2024
Lettuce and cabbage most popular crops in CGN plant genebank
- The plant genebank of the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) makes seed available for research, breeding and educational purposes.... -
21 March 2024
CGN assists in sperm extraction of ring-tailed vontsira
- The Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) was requested by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) to attempt to collect and... -
14 March 2024
Little attention for sustainable development goals in agricultural models
- Setting up sustainable farming systems requires policymakers and farmers to start weighing factors at different spatial scales. Alternative... -
14 March 2024
New project 'INTERCEDE' kicks off
- This project aims to enhance the value of European forests to Europe's citizens. -
14 March 2024
Marine based biomass as a source of protein and health-promoting compounds
- In the development of circular and climate neutral food, feed and non-food applications, low trophic marine biomass will play an important role. Low... -
12 March 2024
Ronald Osinga talks about restoring destroyed coral reefs due to dynamite fisheries on the radio
- Dr. Ronald Osinga was recently interviewed on the radio program Nieuws en Co on NPO1. Here, he was asked to talk about the impacts of dynamite fishing... -
01 March 2024
Expertise on all earth systems and society in one new research group
- Wageningen University & Research has strengthened its ability to contribute to sustainable futures, considering the many global change challenges... -
26 February 2024
NWO-KIC grant awarded to ENP
- Environmental Policy group (ENP) are delighted to announce they have been awarded a NWO – KIC grant. The project ShaRepair was developed for the... -
23 February 2024
New centre for research on microorganisms
- Wageningen microbiologists are to establish a new centre on the campus: the Wageningen Microbiome Center (WMC). Initiator Thijs Ettema: ‘There...