Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

While producing the recent Biological Flora account for Meadow Crane’s-bill, Geranium pratense L., its authors stumbled on an extraordinary error that had been perpetuated and elaborated in the literature for 140 years. It is a cautionary tale that should be of interest to prospective Biological Flora authors, or indeed for anyone engaged in reviewing the […]

Today, Hon. Collins Nzovu, Zambia’s Minister of Green Economy and Environment, and Mr. Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action, signed the Roadmap for the implementation of the EU – Zambia Forest Partnership, in the presence of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and Ambassadors of European Union (EU) Member States at the State House in Lusaka. […]

The plant uses non-recyclable materials rejected by sorting centres to produce circular chemicals and advanced biofuels, thereby revolutionising municipal solid waste management. This ground-breaking initiative aims to reduce landfill waste, cut carbon emissions and promote the sustainable use of resources. Recycling these materials will also help reduce dependencies on some essential materials and therefore increase […]

The Journal of Ecology Editors are delighted to announce that Katharine Suding is our Eminent Ecologist award recipient for 2023! In recognition of her work, we asked Katharine to put together a virtual issue of some of her key contributions to the journal. Katharine was interviewed by Executive Editor Richard Bardgett, about her career to date, her motivation for focusing on ‘usable science’, and […]

Summer 2023 was the hottest on record, and with extreme weather events ravaging much of Europe in recent months, the case for taking climate action has never been stronger. In the EU, we’re doing our part with a commitment to reach climate neutrality by 2050 – and one of the main ways we’ll get there […]

This landmark initiative signifies a firm commitment to advancing our understanding of Earth’s climate system and enhancing our ability to take timely and informed actions to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, particularly encompassing the European Green Deal. The climate crisis is arguably the greatest global challenge we face today, with far-reaching […]

  World’s first counter-rotating offshore, floating wind turbine to begin testing at Vats, Norway. The Norwegian company World Wide Wind AS (WWW) which is developing a new design for offshore floating wind turbines, and AF Gruppen (AFG), the second largest Norwegian engineering and construction company, have agreed to test the first WWW prototype at the […]

The Vallee de Mai reserve consists of a well-preserved palm forest. (Gerard Larose)  Photo license   Researchers working with the Vallee de Mai Special Reserve on Praslin, Seychelles’ second most populated island, say they want to study the impact of tourism at the UNESCO World Heritage site in the coming years. The statement was made […]

Originally posted and adapted from Cairngorms Connect. Pip Gullet, Mark Hancock and Sydney Henderson summarise the Journal of Applied Ecology’s November’s Editor’s Choice research article. This study presents 30 years of regeneration monitoring to show a consistent, large-scale expansion of native woodland, largely through natural regeneration alongside deer culling, without the use of fences. If you […]

The editor’s choice for our November issue is ‘Timing of invasive species removal influences nonnative biotic resistance and trajectories of community reassembly‘ by Agostina Torres et al. Here, Associate Editor Maud Bernard-Verdier discusses the importance of this research: Invasive species control often targets single species, but as species introductions continue to increase globally (Seebens et al., 2017), multiple […]