Following centuries of persecution and the destruction and degradation of wetland habitat, the coastal populations of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, of Colombia and Venezuela show signs of recovery, in part, due to conservation efforts. Here we first report on the sequence of events surrounding …

The sustainable supply of fish in the face of climate change and other drivers of change is a policy priority for Pacific nations. Creel and market surveys are increasingly used to document catches but this information has not been aggregated at a regional scale. In this paper we provide a comprehensive …

Het Toekomstscenario kind- en gezinsbescherming is ontwikkeld om het huidige jeugdbeschermingssysteem te verbeteren. Het Verwey-Jonker Instituut onderzoekt samen met de Erasmus Universiteit en Hogeschool Rotterdam hoe de nieuwe aanpak van het Toekomstscenario kind- en gezinsbescherming zich ontwikkelt …

This special volume contains 21 papers on the invertebrates of Bonaire, and someother Dutch Caribbean islands. Most papers are based on material collected during the Bonaire Estafette Expeditie held in 2022-2023. In this introduction we give background information on the climate, geography and habitats …

This perspective reflects on conservation efforts to increase the coverage of marine protected areas in Solomon Islands. We demonstrate that the current model in which international conservation NGOs provide technical and financial support to pilot projects, from which community-based resource management …

Filomena is een gespecialiseerd centrum voor huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling in Rotterdam, gericht op slachtoffers van zeer ernstig geweld en complexe problemen. Met een laagdrempelig inloopspreekuur, een multidisciplinaire onderzoeksaanpak en langdurige begeleiding onderscheidt Filomena zich …

Inaugurele rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van Lector Inclusief Natuurbeheer aan Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein, mei 2024

In Solomon Islands, women's groups play an important role in promoting socially inclusive development and women's empowerment. In this paper, we summarise the experiences of a 5-year participatory action research partnership to enhance rural livelihood activities based on aquatic foods. The women's savings …

This special edition on coexisting with reptiles (guest edited by Dr Simon Pooley) highlights our deep cultural connection with biodiversity, including the scaly, slithering kind. Moving away from Eurocentric narratives of coexistence, the articles in this issue acknowledge the tolerance of local people …

Solomon Islands has relied on highly unsustainable industrial logging since the 1980s. While the development narrative around logging emphasizes its macro-economic importance, it structurally overlooks the impacts on local people's lives. Based on 200 qualitative interviews conducted in 25 villages and …