Biodiversität/Natur/Ökologie

Internalising external costs is key to dissolve conflicts of ecology and economy

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Can protecting our natural resources really be economically “too much”? Just as often with our own health, it rather seems to be a question of short vs long-term perspective, or business vs national economy. The degradation of some natural resources, like soil, water or stable climate, will have adverse economic effects on future generations that […]

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We can live only from living soil

Gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen des Umweltwandels, Lösungen zur Vorbeugung/Bewältigung von Umweltveränderungen und/oder deren gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen /

Soils are complex ecosystems and not just the dirt beneath our feet. They teem with life, from earthworms to fungi and bacteria. As an environmental historian, I have studied the interaction between soils and humans, how in the European past the soil was cared for, impersonated as “Mother Earth” by Greek and Roman thinkers, fed

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Vote on a party that puts sustainability before short-term interests

Beobachtete Umweltveränderungen /

The upcoming European elections are incredibly important for nature. European authorities have begun to roll back many policies and rules that are meant to protected nature, to ensure that our environment gets cleaner and healther, and to help industries and agriculture adopt environmentally friendly practices. This is worrying, because despite recovery here and there, the

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Convivial conservation

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Convivial conservation is a new “vision, a politics and a set of governance principles for the future of conservation” (Büscher & Fletcher, 2019, p. 284). Through its core focus on ‘living with’ biodiversity within planetary boundaries, it will also productively address the likely dramatic impacts of climate change (IPBES-IPCC, 2021). Grounded in a political ecological

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Kies voor het leven!

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Bij de komende Europese verkiezingen staat veel op het spel. Blijft de Europese Unie Oekraïne steunen in de oorlog tegen de Russische agressor? Komt extreem rechts aan de macht? Houden we uitverkoop als het gaat om de waarden waarop onze samenleving is gebouwd? Voor de natuur ziet de toekomst er beroerd uit. De rijkdom van

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Hollowing out – the European Green Deal for forests and nature at the brink of death?

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This essay analyses the current backslash relating to the EU Green Deal and identifies four distinct explanations for it (changing political mood, Baptists-Bootleggers politics, planned implosion, and counter mobilization). It then argues for three main changes needed to strengthen EU nature policy: 1) more transparency, including the assessment of trade offs, 2) more participation, and

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Societal engagement for biodiversity? Provide a framework for action!

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Biodiversity is a broad concept, often difficult to grasp. Nonetheless, our research on biodiverse consumption shows that people value biodiversity and wish to protect it. But what is the best way to do this, and what influence does one consumer have in a system that seems to be ruled by profitability? These questions arise when

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Natura 2000: much to be proud of!

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Having worked over 30 years on international conservation, I’m proud of what has been achieved in Europe. Natura 2000 is the largest protected area network in the world, with in general well-managed sites, this is a tremendous achievement! I’m organising knowledge exchange between Member States, around the Birds and Habitats Directives. European countries are very

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The value of showing kids (and subsequently parents…) how food grows and some other biodiversity

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As an ecologist and (soil) biodiversity scientist, I am always interested in nature. But I also see the need for food, and therefore agriculture. What I long did not understand is that many kids nowadays do not even know how their very basic food, like potatoes grow. What I was also surprised about and learned

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P.S. We onthouden geen dagen, we onthouden momenten

Beobachtete Umweltveränderungen, Gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen des Umweltwandels, Lösungen zur Vorbeugung/Bewältigung von Umweltveränderungen und/oder deren gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen /

Lieve Aarde Soms ben ik bang dat ik te diep in je glas kijk Soms ben ik bang dat ik te ondiep kijk Soms zit ik met gesloten ogen op je oppervlak wil ik je met zoete tong bezingen zachte briesjes in je oren fluisteren regendruppels in je nek sprenkelen Soms wil ik zonnestralen voor

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