Vision
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The hefty price tag on biodiversity loss
Science - 02 July 2020 10:42 - Dutch banks, insurance companies and pension funds could see investments worth hundreds of billions go up in smoke due to loss of biodiversity, say... 0 -
Nature-based climate solutions
Science - 19 December 2019 11:26 - The climate conference in Madrid failed to reach an agreement. Yet a growing coalition of countries, NGOs and companies are now supporting what are... 0 -
‘New law protects farmers against market forces’
Science - 05 April 2019 09:00 - The European Parliament adopted a law in March which is aimed at protecting farmers and horticulturalists against unfair trade practices. Buyers will... 0 -
‘Humans as super-predator? Too simplistic’
Science - 14 February 2019 10:43 - The number of big wild animals is declining because we are eating them, according to a study by Oregon State University of nearly 300 large species,... 0 -
‘Fishing in protected areas not necessarily harmful’
Science - 17 January 2019 12:42 - In December, a headline in Dutch newspaper Trouw claimed ‘North Sea fishermen often drag their nets through protected areas’. That’s... 0 -
‘No need for nuclear power to achieve climate goals’
Science - 22 November 2018 11:42 - Should nuclear power make a comeback, as suggested by VVD party chair Klaas Dijkhoff in parliament this month? According to Niklas Höhne, special... 0 -
‘Stricter rules about labels are tricky for small businesses’
Science - 27 June 2018 12:00 - Terms such as 'artisanal’ might be deceptive for consumers. The same goes for pictures of fruit on products that barely contain any fruit. The... -
‘Box tree moth is here to stay’
Science - 31 May 2018 10:33 - The box tree moth caterpillar was not found in the Netherlands until a couple of years ago, but the greedy insect has since spread throughout the... 0 -
University ponders its future
Organisation - 30 November 2017 09:45 - Is Wageningen University going to prioritize social impact or academic excellence? Are we going to go on growing and growing, or start selecting... 0 -
‘We are training too many researchers’
Science - 12 October 2017 11:20 - The Dutch science funding body NWO wants universities to submit a selection of their research proposals, so their chances of success go up from around... 0