News archive 2020
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Research into the Peel fires: more attention needed for wildfires
November 19, 2020 - The large wildfire in the Deurnese Peel (The Netherlands) last spring was exceptional in scope and intensity. The dry vegetation and difficult weather... -
A nature inclusive vision for Bonaire
November 19, 2020 - What would Bonaire look like in 2050? Experts from the island and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands addressed that question by... -
New way of measuring harvests from food forests
November 12, 2020 - Anyone with a food forest now has a new tool at their disposal for inputting their harvest figures. The data gathered will reveal whether food forests... -
From aid to trade in Kenya
November 10, 2020 - Kenya's economy is growing. An increasing number of consumers are able to afford high-value foods such as healthy, good-quality vegetables, milk and... -
Finding nature-based solutions together
October 30, 2020 - In anticipation of the digital Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) in January, Wageningen University & Research organised the online event 'Road to... -
Three Wageningen scientists receive NWO ENW-KLEIN grant for innovative research
October 29, 2020 - How plants arm themselves against salt, the origin of Surinamese rice, and a project on the influence plants and clouds have on each other: three... -
Lessons from the Marker Wadden project
October 23, 2020 - Marker Wadden is not only a unique project in terms of nature development, water management and hydraulic engineering. It is also a story of a unique... -
Bumblebee queens migrate for hundreds of kilometres
October 22, 2020 - New research shows that bumblebee queens cover distances up to hundreds of kilometres. Wageningen pollination researcher Thijs Fijen discovered this... -
Accelerating the transition towards sustainable pest control in agriculture - introducing the SPRINT project
October 22, 2020 - The use of pesticides represents a risk to human and environmental health. It affects the health of soil, water, and biodiversity and recent research... -
Restoring part of world’s ecosystems could stave off extinctions and absorb carbon
October 15, 2020 - Restoring thirty percent of the world’s ecosystems in priority areas could stave off more than seventy percent of projected extinctions and...