The trade-off between high forest and biodiversity loss associated with development of oil palm plantations and their extremely efficient production of vegetable oil supplied the world with cooking oil and biofuel while taking away millions of hectares of forest in Indonesia alone. RSPO certification …

This is the report of a research that was conducted on the mammal distribution in CNCH. The research was conducted with the following research question: is there a difference in distribution of endangered and vulnerable mammal species between the slightly disturbed primary forests and the highly disturbed …

SNN (Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland) is verantwoordelijk voor het verstrekken van subsidies in Noord-Nederland. In dit kader is een pitch gehouden omtrent grasverwaarding, want "Intensivering, schaalvergroting en professionalisering nodig om potentie van gras te bewerkstelligen". En om hier naartoe …

Presentatie over de lokale energietransitie en de interventies die in worden gezet om dit te stimuleren. Deze vallen onder het project R-Link.

Presentatie over energiebesparende maatregelen voor deelnemers aan Speur de Energieslurper

Since the emergence of modern man some 200,000 years ago, people and technologyhave been inextricably linked to each other. However, unlike traditional technology -such as leverage (and derivative applications such as hammers, wheels and crankshafts),and control of fire - smart technology is equipped …

There is mounting evidence that efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of human activity on climate and biodiversity have so far been unsuccessful. Explanations for this failure point to a number of factors discussed in this article. While acknowledging cognitive dissonance as a significant contributing …

In this guest-lecture several aspects of wind energy were discussed, in particular the present situation in the Netherlands. Additionally upcoming challenges and future scenarios were included.

Symposium ter gelegenheid van afscheid dean B. Hobert