Nature reports

Salt marsh sediment and vegetation can remain largely intact even during extreme storm surges. This was demonstrated in an experiment in which researchers transported sections of salt marsh from the Wadden Sea to the Delta Flume,..

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics have found that hedgerows, tree lines and small woodland patches can help reduce damaging vole outbreaks on European farmland. Their..

On the 29th of January, the webinar ‘Improving biodiversity with best practices and tools for area-oriented collaboration throughout the supply chain’ was organised by the Dutch Deltaplan for Biodiversity Restoration and LIFE..

An innovative alternative to concrete could enable important coastal restoration work. The material Xiriton, made with local grass species and seawater, captures CO2 instead of emitting it, as conventional concrete does. NIOZ..

New research reveals how the increasingly intensive use of grasslands affects insects and other arthropods. Surprisingly, their total number remained stable when land use intensified, but species richness halved. This shows that..

For a long time, the soil was the domain of chemistry and physics. This only changed forty years ago. Today, the soil has become a large and indispensable field of research. The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has..

Natural pest control in agriculture is more promising if there are sufficient other landscape elements near a field that provide additional food for predatory insects. It is also good to grow several crops side by side that differ..

The Dutch Caribbean is making significant strides in coral reef restoration through innovative approaches to restoring invertebrate herbivores. This is presented by Alwin Hylkema of Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied..

Professor Jacintha Ellers, a keynote speaker at the Dutch Caribbean Nature-Based Solutions Symposium, discussed the evolving nature conservation perspective and the urgent need for eco-centric strategies amid climate challenges...

A new partnership between World Wide Fund for Nature – Netherlands (WWF-NL) the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) and Coastal Dynamics will spearhead an initiative to define future conservation and restoration projects within..