Wat heb je liever, je eigen benen of een prothese? Voor mij is het antwoord op de vraag waarom te investeren in gezonde ecosystemen net zo vanzelfsprekend. Iets meer dan dertig jaar onderzoek aan gezondheid en herstel van venen en duinen heeft me overtuigd dat goed functionerende, gezonde, ecosystemen net zo belangrijk zijn voor onze […]
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Source Photo: Karsten Russ Six years ago, our analysis of German data revealed that we have lost three-quarters of our flying insects in less than 30 years. Recent accounts on wild plants, farmland birds and hoverflies confirm that negative trends continue until today. Our ecosystems are beginning to fall apart. So, what should we be
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Wat als er geen Europees natuurbeschermingsrecht bestond? Geen Vogel- en Habitatrichtlijnen dus, met hun vérgaande verplichtingen om gebieden en soorten te beschermen, die rechtstreeks kunnen worden ingeroepen bij de nationale rechter. En geen Europees Hof van Justitie, dat deze verplichtingen handhaaft en uitlegt in het licht van hun doel, en dus voorrang geeft aan natuurbehoud
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Together with MSc and PhD students I have done a lot of research on the effects of (multiple) stressors on ecosystems. These stressors include global warming, drought, salinisation and emerging chemicals like pharmaceuticals, pesticides and nutrients. We found that biodiversity is the way to counter and alleviate the impacts of these stressors on life on
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Science shows that human wellbeing is supported by more than just access to nature. It is about (re)building nature connectedness – a deep relationship of respect, reciprocity and gratefulness to belong to nature as a human species. We are all interconnected to this planet, and the wellbeing of other species is also the well-being of
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Maintaining rural areas necessarily involves preserving and developing agricultural activities. This is especially true in the Tuscany region of central Italy, where the collective imagination envisions hills and valleys adorned with rows of vines, grapevines, olive groves, husbandry, and centuries-old cypresses. However, even in Tuscany – as is the case throughout Europe – there is
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I am trained as an architect and urbanist, but currently I am researching soil contamination in Amsterdam. What is an architect doing with soil? Cities are where the majority of the global human population resides. In fact, by 2100, eighty-five percent of us are projected to reside in urban areas. Cities will thus remain the
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