There are currently about 2220 individual ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) living in Madagascar, which has caused the species to be red-listed as critically endangered since 2018. To prevent the species from going extinct conservation strategies have been established. Because ring-tailed lemurs have …

Zeeschildpadden populaties zijn de afgelopen jaren sterk gedaald (Wallace, DiMatteo, Bolten, & Chaloupka, 2011). Klimaatverandering is één van de vijf grootste bedreigingen voor zeeschildpadden. Extreme temperaturen, veranderende weersomstandigheden en zeespiegelstijging zijn gevolgen van de klimaatverandering …

We welcome the comment by Heymann & Fuzessy to our recent paper onpalm fruit colours and primate colour vision. Heymann & Fuzessy question whether palms (Arecaceae) are a good model system to understand thediversification of (trichromatic) primates. We used a macroecological and macro-evolutionary comparative …

The interaction between physical drivers from oceanographic, hydrological, and meteorological processes in coastal areas can result in compound flooding. Compound flood events, like Cyclone Idai and Hurricane Harvey, have revealed the devastating consequences of the co-occurrence of coastal and river …

Malnutrition is a well-known and serious public-health problem throughout Africa. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries where 92% of the population lives below the poverty line. The combination of nutritional insecurity, poor health and poverty has a huge effect on the general welfare of people. …

Uruzgan is een goed voorbeeld van counter-insurgency (COIN), een operatie waarbij zowel vechten als opbouw aan de orde is; elementen die ook deel uitmaakten van de koloniale pacificatie. De ‘inktvlekmethode’ in Uruzgan grijpt terug op de tache d’huile-doctrine uit de Franse koloniale geschiedenis. Deze …