CONFEJES project in Seychelles plans creating artificial reef, mainly with glass bottles

Durand said by involving young students from Praslin schools in this restoration project, we aim to foster a positive lifestyle among our youth. (Vicky Durand) Photo license  Purchase photo (Seychelles News Agency) – Getting children to take an interest in the rich, diverse marine life of Seychelles, and in its preservation by learning scuba diving, […]

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Launch of public feedback on the inclusion of offshore ships in the emissions monitoring system

As part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, the MRV Maritime Regulation was revised in 2023, with a view to include greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships in the scope of that Regulation as of 1 January 2025. It should apply to all offshore ships of 400 gross tonnage and above.  Following that revision, the […]

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Salvage logging and subsequent post-windthrow management diminish forest bird communities for two decades – The Applied Ecologist

In this blog post, Michał Walesiak shares how increased bird diversity in an area of unmanaged windthrow persisted over a 20-year span in Poland. Natural disturbances in forests, such as hurricanes, fires, bark beetle outbreaks, often evoke negative emotions in people. Many find it hard to believe that hurricanes, fires, bark beetles… may actually bring […]

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Revised 2024 and 2025 EU ETS auction calendars published

The published calendars reflect the operation of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), which results in 266 816 768 allowances being placed in the MSR for the September 2024 – August 2025 period. Following the recent amendment of the Registry Regulation, as of 1 January 2025 the category of “general allowances” will include both allowances created […]

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Why it makes sense for trees to reproduce in synchrony

Mario B. Pesendorfer, Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, discusses his article: Positive spatial and temporal density-dependence drive early reproductive economy-of-scale effects of masting in a European old-growth forest community Studying a primeval forest provides insights about natural drivers of […]

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Publication of real-world CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of cars and vans collected in 2022

The new data was recorded in 2022, using fuel consumption monitors installed on-board vehicles first registered in the EU in 2021 and 2022, and reported to the Commission in 2023. Compared to the previous publication, the data for cars now originates from a broader sample of 2.2 million vehicles registered in 2021 and 740 000 […]

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Getting Unstuck and Regaining Opportunities

by Gael O’Brien We fuel possibility through the strength of our ideas and actions … unless we are stuck. The universal problem of being stuck and staying stuck indefinitely impedes developing ideas and solutions that benefit companies and others. It also harms well-being. I’ve had my share of slipping from flow to stuck as have […]

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Meet Jonathan Chenoweth – The Applied Ecologist

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, Jonathan Chenoweth talks about the practitioner training programmes at the Centre for Environment and […]

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