/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:22:38 +0200 Mon, 04 Aug 25 11:00:00 +0200 /en/news/higher-plant-diversity-keeps-small-soil-animals-active-during-droughts The study is the first publication based on data collected in the long-term Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (UU BioCliVE). 151206 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/jonas-lembrechts-and-his-students-chart-biodiversity-across-the-netherlands The plan is to continue monitoring for years. Lembrechts: “By measuring continuously over the long term, we can get a clear picture of biodiversity variation." 147023 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:24:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/the-same-dataset-analysed-by-different-researchers-does-not-always-lead-to-the-same-conclusions Due to the use of different methods, there was considerable variation in the conclusions drawn. Jonas Lembrechts was one of the participants of the study. 146909 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:57:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/new-age-ritual-sends-bad-energies-and-foreign-wild-plants-up-in-smoke Dried plant bundles sold for ritual burning often include plants from distant regions that may be harvested unsustainably to meet the rising demand. 144488 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/nitrogen-pollution-causes-shifts-in-distribution-of-european-forest-plants Jonas Lembrechts: “It is clear that if nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands do not decrease, plant diversity will become increasingly impoverished." 144027 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/36000-buried-tea-bags-aid-science-and-bring-to-light-the-importance-of-soil Project raised awareness among citizens, schoolchildren and students of soil decomposition processes that play a significant role in climate and biodiversity . 141763 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/fsc-certification-of-tropical-forests-proves-beneficial-for-gorillas-and-elephants A study by biologist Joeri Zwerts and colleagues reveals the effectiveness of wildlife conservation measures in FSC-certified forests. 139533 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-abstracts-tropical-horizons-2024 Call for abstracts of papers and posters for the Tropical Horizons Conference 2024. 139150 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/tropical-rainforests-are-losing-their-resilience-worldwide Tropical rainforests hold a wealth of biodiversity but are globally approaching a critical point. The drastic decline is happening faster than expected. 137774 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:49:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/costs-of-scaring-grass-eating-barnacle-geese-often-outweigh-the-benefits A model study by ecologist Monique de Jager and colleagues suggests that it is often most cost-efficient to just let the geese graze peacefully. 136972 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08:42:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/new-research-unit-unravels-changing-biodiversity-by-extracting-patterns-from-data Research unit Quantitative Biodiversity Dynamics is looking for ways to make the best use of data to gain insight into biodiversity and how it changes over time. 135432 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/worthless-forest-carbon-offsets-risk-exacerbating-climate-change Critical claims that the United Nations' anti-deforestation program REDD+ falls far short of its promises are indeed valid. The concept was to achieve less deforestation and more CO2 reduction, but the disappointing outcomes are extremely worrying, writes Julia Jones. 133195 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:31:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/ios-fair-transitions-landac-international-conference-2023 From June 28th to June 30th, the IOS Fair Transitions Platform and LANDac are hosting the IOS Fair Transitions / LANDac International Conference 2023 at the heart of Utrecht City Centre. Join us! 131553 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:05:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/join-us-for-the-ios-fair-transitions-landac-summer-school We are excited to host a range of lectures and activities at the crossroads of the fair transitions and land governance debates in this year’s Summer School: Fair Transitions and the Politics of Land: Institutions and Imaginaries for Inclusive Futures. We hope it will draw many of you to Utrecht! 131036 Fri, 26 May 2023 14:17:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/meet-the-bioclive BioCliVE , an experiment in the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Botanical Gardens by the Ecology and Biodiversity group of the department of Biology, replicates natural grasslands to study the effect of climate change on this kind of ecosystem. 129779 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/green-light-for-delta-climate-center-in-vlissingen Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is one of the six founders of the centre which will start operations in Vlissingen in mid-2023. 127762 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/agriculture-transition-best-way-to-restore-biodiversity Intensive agriculture is an important cause of biodiversity loss. Utrecht researchers are currently studying how changes in agricultural practice may turn the tide. 127497 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:22:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/is-nature-conservation-working-watch-or-read-julia-joness-inaugural-lecture In her lecture, Jones spoke about how the evaluation of conservation measures can be advanced to improve the outcomes for people and nature. 127091 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:43:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/opinie/biodiversity-is-crucial-to-cope-with-climate-change The conference on biodiversity in the Chinese city of Kunming has been postponed by Covid-19. This is worrying, thinks Merel Soons, because time is running out for nature conservation. 126194 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/research-into-human-nature-relationship-helps-protect-biodiversity For decades, researchers at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ have studied national and international nature conservation efforts from an interdisciplinary perspective. 125881 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:05:00 +0100 Nieuws