Building a climate-resilient future

[ad_1] The European Commission today adopted a new set of guidelines to assist Member States in updating and implementing comprehensive national adaptation strategies, plans and policies in line with the European Climate Law and the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change. From extreme heatwaves and devastating droughts, to deadly forest fires and rising sea […]

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Joint Press Release following the Fourth EU-China High Level Environment and Climate Dialogue

[ad_1] Chinese translation follows below / 中文译文如下 The Dialogue focused on the avenues for EU-China cooperation in implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Both sides fully recognized that the HECD must continue to achieve practical results. Both sides believe that green should be […]

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Natural recruitment should be a key goal of tree planting projects – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Anna Gee, a PhD student at Imperial College London, talks us through ways in which we can help to restore forests through natural recruitment in this standalone piece. How do we decide what trees to plant for forest restoration? The approach of many restoration projects is to find what is known as a reference […]

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an example with Darwin’s frogs infected by the deadly chytrid fungus – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] Hugo Sentenac discusses theirs and colleagues’ recent research article which uses data from a fungal pathogen and Darwin’s frogs to assess the magnitude of prevalence bias, as well as illustrate how it can impact disease risk assessment. Infectious diseases: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Certain infectious diseases have wrought havoc in nature. One dramatic example is the […]

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Extended validity of the German auction platform listing

[ad_1] The Federal Republic of Germany has notified the European Commission that it will re-appoint the European Energy Exchange AG (‘EEX’) as its opt-out platform. This reappointment is the result of a procurement procedure. Germany will entrust EEX with the auctioning of its volume of allowances pursuant to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 […]

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Expansion of hydropower plants drives the risk of extinction of an imperiled and endemic freshwater turtle – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] André Luis Regolin talks us through the latest research from themselves and colleagues on conserving the rare Williams’ side-necked turtle. The study uses a new methodological approach to evaluate how current and future scenarios of hydroelectric generation affect the species’ distribution. The problem The Williams’ side-necked turtle (Phrynops williamsi) was only described to science […]

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Nature Seychelles: Success in boutique restoration method of corals for hotels

[ad_1] A diver cements a nursery-grown coral using a pastry bag. (N. Thake, Nature Seychelles)   Photo license   In a move to improve the outcome of coral restoration undertaken by hotels in Seychelles, Nature Seychelles, a non-profit environmental organisation, has developed a new low-tech method to monitor the survival and growth of coral transplants.  Nature […]

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The EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis

[ad_1] Today, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans signed a joint declaration to inaugurate 15 July as the Annual EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis, together with the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Teresa Ribera on behalf of the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and the […]

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Best management practices to decrease goose-related yield loss – The Applied Ecologist

[ad_1] This blog post is also available in Dutch here. Monique de Jager discusses recent research with colleagues that seeks to understand the most cost-effective way of decreasing crop loss as a result of grazing geese. After running a model with several different grazing and scaring scenarios, it was found that the best management option […]

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