In the media
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UN calls for urgent rethink as resource use skyrockets 21 March 2019
The International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme, with CML researcher Ester van der Voet as member, has prepared a report ...
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Vijver en Barmentlo in radio show Vroege Vogels about Living Lab results 05 March 2019
Water fleas and damselflies are much more sensitive to crop protection products in nature than in the lab. These test results from the Living Lab were...
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Was the EU’s ban on electric fishing the right decision? 18 February 2019
Last week, on 13 February 2019, the EU approved the ban on pulse trawling. This followed the vote for a ban by the European Parliament on 16 January 2...
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Hans de Iongh at National Geographic for Big Cat Month 29 January 2019
In the theme of Big Cat Month, National Geographic interviewed Professor Hans de Iongh, guest researcher of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (C...
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Media attention inaugural lecture ecotoxicologist Martina Vijver 19 November 2018
Time and again synthesised substances have been shown to pollute the environment more than lab tests predicted. In her inaugural lecture on 16 Novembe...
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Media on sustainable energy space uptake 31 August 2018
The production of sustainable energy can take up to 1000 times more space than fossil fuels, environmental researcher Paul Behrens concludes in a publ...
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Geert de Snoo on lion conversation on radio Science071 11 June 2018
Together with colleagues and students, Professor of conservation biology Geert de Snoo studies the decline of the lion population in a national park ...
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René Kleijn about low-carbon energy 16 February 2018
How will we generate energy without further contributing to global warming? Industrial ecologist René Kleijn tells about low-carbon energy in tv and r...
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Media on environmental impact of food research by Paul Behrens 07 December 2017
The environment also benefits when people follow national nutritional guidelines, Paul Behrens demonstrated in research published in PNAS. The publica...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Radio interview with Rene Kleijn about Urban Mining and Plastic Recycling 07 November 2017
Recycling of post consumer plastic waste is problematic in that the environmental benefits are questionable and the costs are significant. It would be...
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'Leiden' identical twins on national tv at Vroege Vogels. 05 September 2017
Biology PhD student at Leiden University Kevin Groen and his identical twin brother Marvin Groen (a biology student as well) will be on Dutch Televi...
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Paul Behrens in international media with warning climate change 27 July 2017
Environmental researcher Paul Behrens generated both international as national media attention with his recent publication in Nature Energy. The media...
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New insights in bee decline 03 July 2017
Two scientific papers in Science deliver new pieces of the puzzle for the reasons of bee decline. Professor Koos Biesmeijer comment on this research i...
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Research on the effects of pesticides and manure on water quality in ditches 27 March 2017
Radio interview with CML researchers Martina Vijver and Henrik Barmentlo in the NTR radio programme: Nieuws en Co on Friday 24 March 2017. The researc...