Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

In this blog post, author Kitti Révész and her team share their latest study exploring the effects of uncut refuge strips on the abundance and diversity of arthropods. What is the best management practice of hay meadows from an arthropod conservation point of view? Grassland arthropods are declining as a consequence of land-use change and […]

Julia Dieskau, from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, discusses her article ‘Phylogenetic relationships and plant life stage but not biogeographic history mediate priority effects of European grassland plants’ Background What factors determine the composition of plant communities? Many scientists have been exploring this question from various perspectives throughout the past century. Despite their efforts, there are […]

On 23 July 2024, the Commission published revised Guidance Documents (GDs) supporting the implementation of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CCS Directive). These updates were prepared with the support of an independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV, and aim to streamline permitting procedures and support sustainable CO2 storage solutions in the […]

Denis Island falls under Zone 2 of the SMSP along with five others. (Gerard Larose) Photo license   The Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaption Trust (SeyCCAT) held a workshop with key organisations that have contributed to the Oceans 5-funded project “Enabling Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan” (SMSP) to showcase their accomplishments. The project involved implementation partners, including the […]

In this latest installation of Journal of Applied Ecology’s Meet the Editor series, we’re joined by our new Commissioning Editor, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi! What can you tell us about the first paper you published? © Prasen Yadav That was a dream come true and the beginning of a life-long commitment to ecological research. I had completed my master’s […]

Karen De Paw, Dries Landuyt and Kris Verheyen talk teamwork at ForNaLab. Approximately one year ago, the Journal of Ecology invited plant ecologists to write mini-reviews on the theme of nature-based solutions. Given our background in forest ecology, this sparked the idea within our research group of coming up with a review that would summarise […]

In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share below this year’s BSc student’s experiences of their fieldtrip to South […]

The European Commission adopted an amendment to the Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126, reflecting changes in the use of the “ETS flexibility” under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). Revised in 2023, the ESR sets an overall EU target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the sectors it covers by 40% by 2030, compared to 2005 […]

In this blog post, Pedro Mittelman and Bernado Araújo discuss how forest composition can affect plant–animal interactions without necessarily altering animal communities or population densities. Forest mortality We are walking through a dead forest. It is not yet winter, but as we move amid still standing Norway spruce (Picea abies) trunks along the Harz mountains, […]

The debt swap condition is that Seychelles commits to protecting 30 percent of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). (Gerard Larose)  Photo license   (Seychelles News Agency) – The Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) premiered its documentary about the first-ever global debt swap recently highlighting its successes to better educate the public and international […]