Bee Happy? Probably not….
During the last weeks, there has been a lot of press about the effects of pesticides, especially neonicotinoid components, on pollinators and in particular on honeybees. My wife is called…
During the last weeks, there has been a lot of press about the effects of pesticides, especially neonicotinoid components, on pollinators and in particular on honeybees. My wife is called…
For the past months, I participated in a very interesting debate between natural resources managers on LinkedIn, which started with the question “is biodiversity dead?” The debate revolved around the…
Many cities have old tram lines or railway tracks that are no longer used, because they have become unprofitable, or have ended up in the wrong place. If these old…
Most of the UK press and many of the papers in Switzerland where I live have been pre-occupied in the past weeks with the fact that beef lasagne and other…
We so often talk about the fact that nature conservation and biodiversity are too low on the political and economic agenda to get the attention they deserve. I just came…
I bought a bunch of bananas last week. I am happy to know that they are supposedly grown under good conditions, but is it really necessary to have a sticker on every…
I followed a very interesting discussion on LinkedIn the other day, revolving around the interview question. What single project or task would you consider the most significant accomplishment in your…
During the discussions yesterday at the workshop in Paris organised by the Biodiversity Knowledge initiative (see my Blog on 17 January), an interesting question was raised. How do scientists and…
I am currently in Paris, at a workshop organised under the auspices of the Biodiversity Knowledge project, a European Commission funded programme officially called “Creating a Network of Knowledge for…
I wrote about the beaver in a previous story, as an example of conservation success in the Netherlands. I have read stories that they are also coming back to the…
