The carbon sink capacity of tropical forests is substantially affected by tree mortality. However, the main drivers of tropical tree death remain largely unknown. Here we present a pan-Amazonian assessment of how and why trees die, analysing over 120,000 trees representing > 3800 species from 189 long-term …

Er is wat vreemds aan de hand met natuur in de stad. Aan de ene kant zijn er mensen die melden dat de stad een ecologisch eldorado is waar meer soorten per vierkante kilometer voorkomen dan op het platteland en zelfs meer dan in gebieden als de Veluwe. Aan de andere kant zijn er mensen die waarschuwen …

Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor environmental condition with deteriorating trends. Despite several success stories, European policies for marine conservation fall short …

Unhealthy diets contribute to an increased risk of non-communicable diseases, which are the leading causes of deaths worldwide. Nutrition policies such as front-of-pack labeling have been developed and implemented globally in different countries to stimulate healthier diets. The Choices Programme, including …

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) comprises cardiometabolic risk factors frequently found in individuals with obesity. Guidelines to prevent or reverse MetS suggest limiting fat intake, however, lowering carbohydrate intake has gained attention too. The aim for this review was to determine to what extent …

The carbon footprint for the downstream dairy value chain, milk collection and dairy processing plants was estimated through the contribution of emissions per unit of collected and processed milk, whereas that for the upstream dairy value chain, input supply and production was not considered. A survey …

Het wordt steeds duidelijker: het drinken van rauwe melk is gezond, vooral ook voor kinderen. Er is eigenlijk maar één belemmering om volop rauwe melkproducten te nuttigen, namelijk de kans dat er nog schadelijke bacteriën in de melk aanwezig zijn. Maar wellicht is dat binnenkort verleden tijd.

Many species of parasitoid wasps use plant volatiles to locate their herbivorous hosts. These volatiles are reliable indicators of host presence when their emission in plants is induced by herbivory. Hyperparasitoids may also use information from lower trophic levels to locate their parasitoid hosts …

Organisations of land managers in landscape management face the challenge of combining the need to foster bonding social capital within their member groups with the need to develop bridging social capital with other stakeholders and linking social capital with public authorities. This paper compares …

Al een tijdje wordt geëxperimenteerd met geprint voedsel. Lizette Oudhuis, lector Food Physics bij hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein vertelt er meer over.