Lectorale rede, zoals uitgesproken door dr. Barbara Gravendeel op 12 november 2013 op Hogeschool Leiden. De collectie van Naturalis Biodiversity Center omvat meer dan 37 miljoen objecten. De kosten voor beheer van en onderzoek aan een dergelijke grote museumcollectie worden steeds hoger. Alle kansen …

The Convention on Biodiversity has developed the concept of ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘natural resources’ in order to describe ways in which humans benefit from healthy ecosystems. Biodiversity, conceived through the economic approach, was recognized to be of great social and economic value to both present …

This research has been done on behalf of Eosta, a leading international distributor of fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Eosta is concerned with the situation of the earth's soils and wants to start an awareness campaign about soil. The central question of the research is: how can Eosta communicate …

The main purpose of this report is to give an account of the most appropriate roles and arrangements that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can assume in the newly created, UN-administered, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). In order to do that, extensive literature …

Biodiversity preservation is often viewed in utilitarian terms that render non-human species as ecosystem services or natural resources. The economic capture approach may be inadequate in addressing biodiversity loss because extinction of some species could conceivably come to pass without jeopardizing …

A comparative corporate level study between [three] institutional different certificate holders in Sweden, to determine the contribution of FSC on social/behavioral change (as a prerequisite for long term environmental impact), by following up CARs.

Dit rapport is het eindproduct van de planfase van dit project en is een vervolg op het eerder verschenen inventarisatie en analyserapport ‘Versterking van de dracht en biodiversiteit ten behoeve van de (wilde) bij’ (11 november 2011). In het rapport wordt de vertaling van de visie naar het concept en …

De gemeente Breda heeft zoals veel Nederlandse gemeenten te maken met bezuinigingen. Één van de maatregelen om hieraan te voldoen is gevonden in de omvorming van groen met hoge onderhoudskosten naar groen met lage onderhoudskosten. Om inzicht te krijgen in de effecten van deze omvormingen, heeft de gemeente …

Wakatobi consists of four islands, those islands are located in South-East Sulawesi, in Indonesia. It is because of its rich biodiversity important for all actors like the National Park Authority, the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), several governments and organizations …

The aim of this report is to determine whether there exists a difference in the public access to justice between several member states of the European Union. The report examines the judicial structures of three member states, along with the circumstances surrounding the access to the courts. A case study …