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'Lower emissions and successful farming can go hand in hand' 05 September 2019
Circular agriculture and more nature are important to reduce harmful emissions and to give a new impetus to biodiversity. But is that compatible with ...
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Rene Kleijn on BNR radio about critical materials 21 June 2019
The recent trade dispute between the U.S. and China has renewed the attention for the dependency of the U.S. and many other developed countries on the...
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10 million for research into disease transmission by mosquitoes 12 June 2019
How can the Netherlands be better prepared for infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded almost 9 mi...
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Dutch National Research Agenda supports five ‘Leiden’ public-private projects 12 June 2019
The Dutch National Research Agenda announced today that it will provide 17 research projects with a total of 61 million euros in funding. Researchers ...
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Photo reportage on Leiden lion research in national newspaper 22 May 2019
Photographer Taco van der Eb accompanied Kenyan and Leiden researchers and students on a trip to Lake Nakuru National Park to record their conservatio...
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Experts provide three necessary solutions to the biodiversity crisis 20 May 2019
It came as a shock to many people: one million plant and animal species are threatened to become extinct. But this number isn’t the most relevant aspe...
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Large-scale European project identifies risks of nanoparticles 23 April 2019
The large-scale project NanoInformatics will assess the risks associated with nanoparticles. The project will be funded by the EU with 6.8 million eur...
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‘Investment risk is holding back energy transition’ 18 April 2019
The present market regulations make it extremely risky to invest in green energy, and this is impeding the fight against climate change. This is what ...
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Residents and researchers explore plastic and psychology in the city 16 April 2019
This year will see the start of not one but two citizen science projects in Leiden and The Hague. This is the outcome of a large survey among residen...
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New dimension to coral research 10 April 2019
For the first time, international researchers have mapped the network of bacteria on coral reefs. They write about it in Nature Communications (9 Apri...
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Martina Vijver on nanoparticles at Paradiso's Science & Cocktails 04 April 2019
Professor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver of the Institute of Environmental Sciences has given a public talk at Paradiso Amsterdam for Science & Cockt...
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‘We have world-class expertise on the circular economy’ 01 April 2019
The province of Zuid-Holland faces a wide range of global sustainability issues caused by urbanisation, intensive horticulture and industry. The unive...
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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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Economic expansion and land use cause bird extinction 05 March 2019
Population growth, economic expansion and the associated land use caused an increase in the number of bird species facing extinction and a reduction i...
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New regional pesticides atlas developed 25 February 2019
A new regional atlas, with information about the presence of pesticides in surface waters, has been developed by the Institute of Environmental Scienc...