Wageningen University is the only university in the Netherlands to focus specifically on the theme ‘healthy food and living environment’. They do so by working closely together with governments and the business community.
Florent Baarsch, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Michiel Schaeffer, Wageningen University
Au-delà des conséquences humaines et sanitaires, les vagues de chaleur ont un effet néfaste très important sur l’activité économique.
The shipping industry must clean up its act.
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Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Niklas Höhne, Wageningen University
Phasing out greenhouse gas emissions entirely by mid-century is possible, and promising trends are emerging. But the next five to ten years will be the real test of whether we can make that happen.
Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.
Un goût que nous pourrions bientôt oublier.
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Toutes les bananes que nous consommons sont issues de la même monoculture, ce qui expose le fruit à de graves épidémies. Mais heureusement, la génétique a plus d’un tour dans son sac.
Facing down a future with no bananas.
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Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
Natural capital a dangerous illusion that masks the way capitalist growth undermines conservation itself.
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Natural capital is a hot topic that proponents have jumped onto, believing it is the future of sustainable development. But this concept is based on fundamental fallacies.
Les rhinocéros au cœur d’une guerre anti-braconnage aux effets collatéraux inquiétants.
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Conçus pour garantir la cohabitation pacifique entre les nations, ces zones font face à une situation de plus en plus tendue. En cause notamment, la militarisation de la lutte anti-braconnage.
Violence to protect rhinos in southern Africa’s peace parks is the complete opposite to what the parks were envisaged to stand for.
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There are very violent confrontations in southern Africa’s peace parks. This is partly due to a violent history dating back to the apartheid era that has never been adequately addressed.
Hair as helpers in the quest for cleanliness.
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Efforts to curb invasive mink are taking a modern turn in Scotland, where a project is providing spotters with an app to log the movements of their targets. MinkApp enable volunteers to upload information…
Edible insects are great alternatives to conventional sources of meat as they’re cheap, plentiful and excellent sources of protein and fat, as well as vitamins and minerals. In many countries, eating insects…
Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; Research Associate, Stellenbosch University; Professor of Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University