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7 Feb 2012	Water and climate expert Prof. dr. Pavel Kabat to lead global research institute
	Water and climate expert Professor Pavel Kabat has been appointed Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, effective on, February 1, 2012. Professor... more
6 Feb 2012	HighNoon Roundtable discussion on bi- and multilateral Indo-European cooperation
	On Monday 28 November 2011 in New Delhi a roundtable discussion on Indo-European Cooperation on Climate Research and innovation was organised by the EU Delegation to India in cooperation with... more
	Workshop on Glacier, Snow Melt and Runoff in the Himalayas
	Regional collaboration on glaciers, snow melt and runoff in the Himalayas: identifying knowledge gaps and overcoming data availability limitations Workshop in Kathmandu, 6-7 February New... more
25 Jan 2012	Wageningen University collaborates with China on carbon cycle research
	The chairgroup Meteorology and Air Quality at Wageningen University will intensify its collaboration with Nanjing University, China. Over the next three years, seven researchers will collaborate on... more
24 Jan 2012	Invitation to compete in the Delta Alliance Young Professional Award
	In preparation for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, the Delta Alliance invites young delta professionals around the world to present their solutions to... more
20 Dec 2011	Wageningen University wins EU program on IWRM Postgraduate Research Training in Latin America
	The European Union allocates 1,25 million euros to the chairgroup Irrigation and Water Engineering (IWE) of Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR' to set up a postgraduate research training... more
13 Dec 2011	Detailed tree species maps boost European forestry policy
	More than 35% of Europe's land area is covered by forests. These offer a wide range of 'ecosystem services', which is to say, products and amenities that societies need. Forests not only supply wood... more
8 Nov 2011	Wageningen expert to address European Parliament
	Today the European Parliament discusses about drought issues in Europe. A few top researchers are invited to give their expert opinion about the issue in this meeting called 'Europe facing water... more
7 Nov 2011	Wind energy lessens under heat wave conditions
	During the summer 2003, high temperatures and drought conditions in Europe led to a reduction of the wind force with direct consequences on the wind energy power, reduced by 22%. The study was... more
	Effective arguments for the protection of biodiversity are needed
	BESAFE - an EU-funded, Framework program 7 (FP7) project investigating how much importance people attribute to alternative arguments for the protection of biodiversity is officially launched on 7th... more
3 Nov 2011	New research project on the environmental and socio-economic role of European forests
	On the 1st of November, the INTEGRAL project (Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes), funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Union, has started.... more
	Collaboration between Wageningen UR and Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology
	The collaboration between Wageningen UR and the Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) in Bangladesh has successfully started. On 19th and 20th October the inception workshop for a... more
27 Sep 2011	LifeWatch and the National Roadmap Large-Scale Research Infrastructure
	On August 31, a unique consortium of 23 leading Dutch institutes with expertise in biodiversity research and eScience submitted a proposal to NWO, with the aim to establish the LifeWatch Research and... more
26 Sep 2011	A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: Methods, case studies and policy analysis - phase I
	Present data on ecosystem services are strongly biased towards provisioning services such as food and timber production, while spatial information of so called regulating and cultural ecosystem... more
	New EU-South America research on Amazon die-back, climate and deforestation starts in October
	Deforestation in the Amazon has been decreasing over the last 6 years, but it appears that the downward trend may have stopped, this year. Apart from deforestation, the Amazon rainforests are also... more
22 Sep 2011	Book publication: Exploring the Visual Landscape
	The book 'Exploring the Visual Landscape. Advances in Physiognomic Landscape Research in the Netherlands' was recently published by IOS Press. The book is an initiative of Delft University of... more
16 Sep 2011	International innovation needed for more efficient nitrogen management
	Nitrogen is essential to life. Its use in chemical fertilisers has had enormous benefits: feeding the ever-increasing world population would be an impossible task without chemical nitrogen... more
16 Aug 2011	High-quality climate research in the Netherlands guaranteed by ICOS-nl
	At Thursday August 18th 2011, eight knowledge institutes in The Netherlands launch their climate research partnership in the form of ICOS-nl. The launch will take place at the KNMI measurement mast... more