36 search results for “biodiversity” in the Staff website
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Luuk Siewers
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l.siewers@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Konstantinos Georgopoulos
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k.georgopoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5114
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Hopeful insights on climate and biodiversity in LDE white paper
A banker who puts making money second and makes a profit nonetheless. A farmer who stops ploughing and using insecticides but still has a good harvest. A new white paper by Leiden-Delft-Erasmus and Naturalis Biodiversity Center shows how the meeting of disciplines provides solutions to climate change…
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Ellen Cieraad
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e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production
Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council's KIC research programme.
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Labs and ‘pavement plants’: Leiden University’s contributions to biodiversity
Through various initiatives, Leiden University is trying to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity: the cultivation of a wide variety of micro-organisms, animals and plant species. This is important because in the Netherlands biodiversity has declined from about 40 percent in 1900 to about…
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Laura Scherer
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l.a.scherer@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6832
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Geert de Snoo
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g.r.de.snoo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Caitlin Black
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c.e.black@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Niels Raes
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niels.raes@naturalis.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marvin Groen
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m.groen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kaixuan Pan
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k.pan@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hazal Kandemir
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a.h.kandemir@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kevin Groen
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k.groen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6822
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Fleur van Duin
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f.c.m.van.duin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jennifer Anderson
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j.a.anderson@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Michiel Hooykaas
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m.j.d.hooykaas@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kees Musters
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musters@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7461
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Emily Strange
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e.f.strange@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ruben Huele
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huele@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 FLEX
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Merlijn van Weerd
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m.van.weerd@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Suzanne Marselis
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s.m.marselis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eefje de Goede
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e.m.de.goede@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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What do we define as urban green space?
When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature the definitions vary quite a bit. That makes comparisons difficult. Environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo looked at the differences and designed a general…
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Four Leiden Scientists: 'Environmental risks of new pesticides with nanoparticles insufficiently examined'
The environmental risks of new pesticides containing nanoparticles are inadequately researched, according to four Leiden scientists in the scientific journal Environmental Science & Technology. They call for an examination of the long-term and environmental effects of pesticides containing nanoparti…
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Rita de Sousa e Silva
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a.r.de.sousa.e.silva@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Willie Peijnenburg
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peijnenburg@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Green roofs and tile flipping: research in The Hague on the best approach to climate and species diversity
Does a communal garden provide cool air and warm neighbourly relations? Does an additional row of trees increase biodiversity? These kinds of questions are key in the COMBINED project, on which Leiden scientists and residents of The Hague, among others, can work for six years with 4 million euros from…
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What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz
Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.
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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Leiden University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) planted roughly 3,000 rice plants on the Polderlab near Leiden. The researchers want to test rice as a…
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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate
Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital polls open for a week on Friday 22 October. Under-30s can vote for Roel at www.stemroel.nl.
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Ester van der Voet
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e.van.der.voet@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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Peter van Bodegom on sustainable horticulture
Dutch greenhouse horticulture is a world leader when it comes to innovative capacity and sustainability, but ‘the challenges are great in terms of energy, water, environment and biodiversity,’ says Peter van Bodegom, coordinator of AgriFood at the Centre for Sustainability of the Leiden, Delft, Erasmus…
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration
High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this possible: these were the topics covered in a working visit of the Standing Committee for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) to the Association of Universities…
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet
Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. PhD student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals.