Presentatie op de kunstacademie Minerva voor een internationale groep studenten. Verschillende opleidingen op de kunstacademie focussen zich dit jaar op het thema klimaat. Ik werd daarom gevraagd input en inspiratie te geven door een introductie op het onderwerp klimaatadaptatie en de rol die kunst en …

University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein and Wageningen University and Research recently conducted a comparative study of artificial reefs within the Caribbean. This study provides new insights into the impacts of these structures on local marine life and neighboring ecosystems and highlight …

There is a clear demand for a collaborative knowledge-sharing by online climate adaptation platforms that contribute to (inter)national knowledge exchange and raising awareness about climate change. Climate adaptation platforms (CAPs) can contain decision-support tools to facilitate the process of decision-making, …

We hosted a working visit of the CDA representatives in the provincial government.

Bij hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein in Leeuwarden is de zee-egel Diadema antillarum gekweekt. Deze algeneter is belangrijk voor herstel van de koraalriffen rond Saba en Sint Eustatius (Caribisch Nederland). De eerste gekweekte jonge dieren zijn afgelopen week in Diergaarde Blijdorp in Rotterdam uitgezet. …

The Netherlands is a densely populated and economically developed country. Coastal areas are important for aquaculture, agriculture, harbors, and urban development. Coastal habitats mainly exist on the south Delta coast and the north Wadden sea, hosting a great biological diversity. The Netherlands had …

Studying animal grouping behavior is important for understanding the causes and consequences of sociality and has implications for conservation. Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) party size is often assessed by counting individuals or extracted indirectly from camera trap footage or the number of nests. Little …

Kick-off met projectteam en strategische partners op locatie (Assen)

As many in society work towards global sustainability, we live at a time when efforts to conserve biodiversity and geodiversity, and combat climate change, take place simultaneously with land grabs by large corporations, food insecurity, and human displacement through an ecological breakdown. Many of …

The Dutch conservation area Oostvaardersplassen was initiated as a rewilding project within the Netherlands’ protected area network. It came under the spotlight when management strategies and practices were criticized by scientists, conservation practitioners, and the public, from a number of perspectives …