Assistant Professor Joeri Zwerts is researching how tropical animal species. Using wildlife cameras, sound recordings and drones with thermal cameras, he is mapping the effects of logging and palm oil.
Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year.
The European Forest Institute has awarded 鈧140,000 to the Research & Education Hub Utrechtse Heuvelrug for research into climate-smart forest management on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
The general assumption that the numbers of smaller predators will decline when large predator populations rise is not necessarily valid, biologists find.
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.