Tag: biodiversity
Gooise villages are concerned about declining biodiversity
More than 85 percent of biodiversity in the Netherlands has been lost over the past hundred years. That is the largest decline of all European countries. Despite these alarming figures,…
A third of agricultural subsidy schemes can harm biodiversity
Twelve subsidy schemes for Dutch agriculture may have harmful consequences for biodiversity. This is evident from a recent analysis by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) commissioned by the Ministry of…
Bittersweet victory for biodiversity
The European Parliament yesterday gave its approval to the nature restoration law, whose main objective is to protect the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European Union. The narrow margin by…
Biodiversity, photos of gorillas, endangered species that look like us
THE his shots come from the Virunga National Park, on the border between Rwanda and Congo: here Stefano Guindaniflanked byanthropologist Alberto Salzahas chosen to tell a story of biodiversity at…
Emanuela EvangelIsta: «We want to create a biodiversity corridor in the Amazon»
un pilot project that will serve to protect the Amazon rainforest and at the same time help improve the living conditions of 1,400 farming families. AND Together we plant the…
Barbour supports farmers in England in protecting biodiversity
To mark the coronation of King Charles, British fashion house Barbour has announced a new biodiversity project with The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF). Barbour, which has supported the PCF since…
Wild garden and biodiversity on the terrace: here’s how
gwild garden vs rigor of forms. “The garden of Versailles? A horror!». That’s what he must have thought William RobinsonIrish master gardener transplanted to London, who visited France in 1867.…
Increased interest in biodiversity funds: This speaks in favor of investments in biodiversity
• Global gross domestic product clearly dependent on nature • Interest in biodiversity funds is increasing, but only a few products are available • No fixed key figures, a lot…
Biodiversity in the Veenkoloniën can be improved by letting go of ‘tight, short and neat’
Farmers and governments in the Drenthe and Groningen Veenkoloniën can improve the biodiversity in the area without too much effort. By taking relatively simple measures, a much better habitat for…
Modern agriculture is disastrous for biodiversity. But not in the Ooijpolder, where the butterflies flutter to and fro
While governments are meeting in Montreal these weeks about better protection of biodiversity, professor of plant ecology Hans de Kroon and PhD candidate Robin Lexmond show what has already been…