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24 April 2024
'Don’t blame zoonoses on animals if they are displaced from their habitat by humans'
- It is all too easy to blame sick animals for health issues, such as rats with the plague and bats carrying COVID-19. That is not fair, according to Dr... -
18 April 2024
How Lyme, ticks, mice and forests are interrelated
- Ecologists Helen Esser and Clara Köhler will travel to a Romanian primaeval forest this spring with game cameras and white sheets. They aim to... -
18 April 2024
The Conversation article: why solar geoengineering isn't such a bright idea
- What is solar geoengineering? Is it a promising technological solution to climate change or is it simply a dangerous distraction? Prof. Aarti Gupta of... -
17 April 2024
Financing sustainable and resilient transitions in agri & food systems - EAAE seminar 13-14 November
- Join us for a collaborative event! The Social Sciences Group welcomes you to the joint Seminar: "Financing Sustainable and Resilient Transitions... -
17 April 2024
Reinventing the City Conference: Eveline van Leeuwen on the pathways towards a sustainable city
- ‘Large cities, such as Amsterdam, are complex and unpredictable. Still, there are abundant ideas on how to make the city more... -
16 April 2024
Major challenges in the future require water knowledge
- Droughts, floods or water pollution: these are all things we will face more often in the future. Water researchers at Wageningen University &... -
15 April 2024
Spirit in the woods: A story about one of our PhDs and her research
- Catherine de Pater is the oldest female since 2010 to have successfully defended her thesis. Read more about Catharina de Pater and her research. -
11 April 2024
Cut pesticide use, but how?
- The use of pesticides is heavily debated. On paper, it's possible to significantly reduce pesticide usage through clever interventions, but reality... -
09 April 2024
Soil, LIVE!
- Soils host an extremely high diversity of species and have frequently been described as “the poor man’s tropical rainforest”. Soil... -
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...