1,363 search results for “natural resource” in the Public website
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The evolution and plasticity of life histories upon variation in nutrition: on aging focused integrative approach
Promotores: Prof.dr. P.M. Brakefield, Prof.dr. B.J. Zwaan (Wageningen Universiteit)
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How personnel allocation affects performance:Evidence from Brazil's federal protected areasagency
This paper addresses the gap that explores how agencies might allocate their personnel so as to maximise performance with the personnel they have.
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Indonesian Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (INRIK) Workshop, Bandung
During a workshop held in Bandung, Indonesia, on March 27, 2015, current and future research projects were presented by Prof.Dr. Ade Kramadibrata, Director of the Indonesian Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (INRIK).
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Sustainability - The sustainable university
In this dossier you can read about Leiden University’s commitment to sustainability.
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TruLife – Pre-Columbian Tropical Urban Life
TruLife applies lessons from the study of long-term urban traditions, exemplified by pre-Columbian Maya tropical cities, to present-day sustainable urban design.
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Ecology of the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis Rüppell 1835) in a changing landscape: Human carnivore interactions in Afroalpine ecosystems of
Ethiopian wolves are endangered diurnal Afroalpine rodent hunters. I investigated the interaction between wolves, rodents and human land use in Borena Sayint National Park (BSNP), Abune Yosef and Aboi Gara in Ethiopia.
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"If I deserve it, it should be paid to me": A social history of labour in the Iranian oil industry 1951-1973
Maral Jefroudi defended her thesis on 11 October 2017
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LCA of Printed and E-paper Documents
Comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of the service provided by an iRex Digital Reader to the same service provided by an office printer using a scanning LCA.
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Research
Research at the department of Environmental Biology
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Natali Rianika Mustafa
Science
n.r.mustafa@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5110
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Liselotte Rambonnet
Science
l.rambonnet@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 5082
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Willem Meilink
Science
w.r.m.meilink@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4882
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Niels van der Windt
Science
n.van.der.windt@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anna Roseboom
Science
j.m.roseboom@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4395
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Weighing the impacts of our goods and services on the environment and climate: how to measure?
The car we buy is made out of thousands of components, which are produced using different types of materials. These materials need to be sourced from different places, sent to production facilities and assembled. Once the car is dismissed, the components need to be taken care of by either reusing, recycling…
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Majors
LUC's Liberal Arts and Science programme offers you the opportunity to specialise in one of six Majors while keeping the Global Challenges at the centre of your studies.
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‘Nature likes a mess’
Wouter Moerland is on a two-year secondment as ecology adviser at the Municipality of Leiden. This biology alumnus talks animatedly about his work. ‘We’re working hard to increase nature’s chances in town.’
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Down. The Geographical Revolution in Humanist Commentaries on Pliny's Natural History and Mela's De situ orbis (140-1700)
'The World Upside Down. The Geographical Revolution in Humanist Commentaries on Pliny's Natural History and Mela's De situ orbis (140-1700)', in: Enenkel, K.A.E. & Nellen, H. (Eds.), Neo-Latin Commentaries and the Management of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (1400-1700).Humanistica…
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Lights in a sea of darkness: constraining the nature and properties of dark matter using the stellar kinematics in the centres of ultra-faint
Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe. Its properties cannot be explained with the known laws of physics and elementary particles.
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How nature boosts the health of city residents
Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led by Leiden environmental scientist Roy Remme. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Remme and his colleagues describe how access to nature increases people’s physical activity—and therefore overall health—in…
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Nature, Society, and Scale
On Monday-Wednesday 10-12 June 2019, Jeroen Wolbers, Wout Broekema and Sanneke Kuipers represented the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at the fourth edition of the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS).
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What we can learn from hi-tech nature
Biodiversity in the Netherlands is having a tough time. Professor of Natural Capital Koos Biesmeijer combines research with practical advice: from the greening of industrial parks to solutions inspired by hi-tech nature. Inaugural lecture 9 March.
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Liveable Planet
Crises like climate change and loss of biodiversity threaten our planet. That’s why sustainability is an important topic in research and education across Leiden University. On this website you read how scientists from many disciplines work together in researching sustainability.
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Management of small-scale -African fisheries: The Case of Elephant Marsh in Malawi
How does the management of Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi relate to wider contexts of policies, theories and regions? And how can the current management system be adapted to achieve long-term sustainability of the fishery?
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About this minor
This minor critically examines the complexities of food sustainability through ecological, socio-economic, political, and cultural systems.
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Tessa Minter
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
mintert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3816
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Sabine Luning
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
sluning@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6614
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Leiden Wall Formulas in Nature
Nature published an article on the new wall formulas in the Leiden city center. On November 22nd, Leiden University celebrated the opening of three new wall formulas. A total of six formulas are now painted on walls across the historic center.
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Workshop The Natural World (Antwerpen)
ENVIRHUS (Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies) organiseert op 17 februari 2023 (14u-17u) de workshop ‘The Natural World‘.
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The restorative power of nature
Have you had a busy week at work? If so, it’s better to take a walk in a natural environment than to go shopping in the city.
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Sustainability Research Cluster
The Sustainability Research Cluster fosters dialogue and collaboration among anthropologists and sociologists researching aspects of socio-cultural, ecological, and economic sustainability in and affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. It also seeks to stimulate…
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Gradients of Europeanness in Colonial Africa: the case of the Portuguese in the Congo Free State (c. 1885-1908) (GRADIENTS)
The project GRADIENTS investigates what it meant to be European in colonial Africa where identification as European often did not depend on skin colour and was understood on a spectrum with many gradients.
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Development of a consistent methodology for assessment of the combined effects of metal-based chemicals to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)
How to improve the method in quantifying the combined effects of metal-based chemicals?
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Indigenous Peoples preserved
Indigenous Peoples possess rich worldviews and unique knowledge that form part of our global heritage. Oppressing these peoples and violating their natural environment is leading to the destruction of this knowledge. Leiden researchers aim to counter this through collaborating with Indigenous Peoples…
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Sustainability in research
Research carried out at Leiden University contributes to our knowledge of sustainability. This is essential if we want to work together to find solutions to pressing issues, such as the current climate emergency and the shortage of raw materials.
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Making a field of interpretation for biosolar cells
This project investigates the role of art in the public and academic debate on biosolar energy
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Education
The Advanced LLM programme has been taught since 2000.
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Education
CML’s education programme aims at training (under)graduate and graduate students for integrated and multidisciplinary sustainability research and for better decision making in managing the world’s natural resources, environmental quality and biodiversity.
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EU Erasmus+ Curriculum Development in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
LIACS is a partner in the EU Erasmus+ Curriculum Development for the Asian education system. The knowledge available in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence education will be shared and adapted for the Asian market.
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Call for papers: Claiming Rights and Resources in the African City
On Wednesday 11 October 2017 the African Studies Centre Leiden and the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society are organizing a workshop.
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Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimal Scheduling
Multi-objective optimization is an effective technique for finding optimal solutions that balance several conflicting objectives. It has been applied in many fields of our world, because practical problems usually have more than one desired goal. For example, developing a new vehicle component might…
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Young Hae Choi
Science
y.h.choi@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4510
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Recommended weighting methods
The project falls in the context of the EU Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (COM(2005)670). The Institute for Environment and Resources (IES) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed three sets of decoupling indicators. Such indicators require the definition of a…
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Sustainability courses and programmes
Leiden University offers its students a wide range of bachelor's, master's and minors that explore sustainability or climate. Here, you find an overview of those programmes in the academic year 2020-2021.
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The Kolyvan-Voskresensk Plants and the Russian Integration of Southern Siberia, 1725-1783
How were the Russians, under early modern conditions, able to incorporate this distant, undeveloped and, because frequent nomadic attacks, dangerous territory? And what role did the Kolyvan-Voskresensk plants play in this process?
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About Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science is located at the Leiden Bio Science Park. It was founded more than two centuries ago and currently, more than 8000 people are working and studying at the eight institutes.
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Dies lecture: ‘Connect agriculture with nature’
‘Make more room for nature on farmland and you'll be surprised at the result.' This was the advice from Geert de Snoo in his Dies lecture.
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The Fate of Anatomical Collections
The changing status of anatomical collections from the early modern period to date.
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Oscar Gobée
Faculteit Geneeskunde
o.p.gobee@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 6673
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Symposium on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Utilisation, Leiden, 17 April 2016
Presentations and report!