Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Agriculture has a positive and important role to play in climate change mitigation: crops, hedgerows and trees sequester carbon from the atmosphere and properly managed soils provide carbon storage. However, agriculture contributes more than 10% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, chiefly through the release of methane and nitrous oxide. The EU is committed […]

We’d love to feature your art on the Journal of Ecology Blog: https://jecologyblog.com/  We are looking to feature artwork and artistic engagement with plants, fungi, algae and aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems. This might be a sketch, photograph, sculpture, fashion, AI, comic book, acrylics, watercolour, oils on canvas etc.   Please send a name, between 1 […]

Christopher Honeyman talks us through recently published work which compared three Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring techniques, along with colleagues. Interestingly, each technique was shown to survey distinct groundfish community assemblages with varying levels of species diversity and richness. Therefore, combining multiple techniques may better allow managers to create the most comprehensive, effective and inclusive […]

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 […]