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I bought a bunch of bananas last week. I am happy to know that they are supposedly grown under good conditions, but is it really necessary to have a sticker on every…
I bought a bunch of bananas last week. I am happy to know that they are supposedly grown under good conditions, but is it really necessary to have a sticker on every…
I followed a very interesting discussion on LinkedIn the other day, revolving around the interview question. What single project or task would you consider the most significant accomplishment in your…
During the discussions yesterday at the workshop in Paris organised by the Biodiversity Knowledge initiative (see my Blog on 17 January), an interesting question was raised. How do scientists and…
I am currently in Paris, at a workshop organised under the auspices of the Biodiversity Knowledge project, a European Commission funded programme officially called “Creating a Network of Knowledge for…
I wrote about the beaver in a previous story, as an example of conservation success in the Netherlands. I have read stories that they are also coming back to the…
You may have seen a recent message from the IUCN Director-General about the re-organisation of the IUCN Secretariat as a result of a decrease in funding, and in particular the…
In the clean up of the information on my computer (more about that in my next post!), I was going through old emails recently, and found several references to biomimicry, which…
What do the world of crop protection and the world of nature conservation have in common? The dangers of illegal trade in unacceptable goods. For the pesticide industry the problem…
I had several interesting discussions recently about invasive species. Is this such a problem in Europe, you may ask. Well – think again: in 2009, the Institute for European Environmental…
Last week I talked with the organisers of the 10th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10) that will take place in Salamanca, Spain from 4 to 10 October 2013. The agenda is…
