News
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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...
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Dr. Constance Eikelenboom (1921 – 2017) 21 March 2017
Mrs. Dr. Constance (Stans) Eikelenboom passed away on Sunday, March 12th, at the age of 95. She was the founder of the 'Stans Award', a prize which ev...
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Reuse and recycling of mobile phones 13 March 2017
Industrial Ecologist Rene Kleijn has been in the consumer watchdog TV show Radar which has been broadcasted Monday 27th of February at 20:30 (NPO 1). ...
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Best Spanish doctoral thesis in Soil science in 2015 for CML researcher Daniel Arenas Lago 13 March 2017
The Spanish Society of Soil Science has chosen as the best thesis of 2015 (call 2016) in Spain to the CML-researcher Daniel Arenas Lago, for his resea...
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A breakthrough in salt tolerance knowledge for application in saline agriculture 23 February 2017
The Salt Farm Texel, supported by a number of professors from various Dutch universities, offered a report on saline agriculture to the Minister for A...
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Lecture of Prof. Dr. Janne Bengtsson about Biological control and ecosystem services 20 February 2017
Thursday February 2nd, 2017 Prof. dr. Janne Bengtsson from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala has given a lecture called: "Biologi...
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Dugong-seagrass workshop in Indonesia 02 February 2017
Prof Hans de Iongh of the Conservation Biology department of the Institute of Environmental Sciences Leiden contributed from 30 January until 2 Februa...
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Interview Mare: Microplastics are everywhere, we don't know yet if that does no harm 30 January 2017
Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environment. At CML research have been conducted in the distribution of these plastics on beach...
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Rise in temperature impacts mountain ecosystem 26 January 2017
Higher temperatures are resulting in changes to vegetation and soil in mountain areas throughout the world. An international research team including L...
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Stans Prize 2016 for Carlos Felipe Blanco Rocha 23 January 2017
The ‘Stans Prize 2016' (for the best thesis, report or article produced by a CML student) has been awarded to Carlos Felipe Blanco Rocha. Other CML pr...
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Winter school on 'tropical biodiversity and sustainability' in Indonesia 20 January 2017
In the presence of the ambassador for the Netherlands, Rob Swartbol, and the rector of Universitas Indonesia Muhammad Anis, the winter school on tropi...
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Water quality tool for improved risk assessments launched 20 December 2016
CML-Leiden University has developed a user-friendly tool that improves the risk assessment of heavy metals in surface waters. The tool was developed i...
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Damaged seaweed can recover 07 December 2016
Seaweed, which is vital for marine life, is disappearing throughout the world at an alarming rate. Different currents and wave patterns can bring abou...
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Interdisciplinary project group wins Bouw Recycling Award 29 November 2016
An Interdisciplinary project group of the Master Industrial Ecology was awarded a prize for its project “From waste to resource, One chain with shared...
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36 ditches as living lab for water quality 14 November 2016
On Monday 14 November, the first spadeful of earth was dug for the construction of the Living Lab, an experimental test site to study living organisms...