Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Aimée McIntosh talks us through how she and colleagues constructed an integrated population model to assess the cumulative impact of all shooting harvest on the Greenland barnacle goose. Findings demonstrate the impact of local harvests on global abundance, emphasising the importance of internationally coordinated monitoring and management strategies of […]

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Tara Miller’s article ‘Warmer temperatures are linked to widespread phenological mismatch among native and non-native forest plants‘ is one of those shortlisted for the […]

This decrease comes thanks to the stricter emission targets in application since 2020. Vans emissions have also seen a decrease of some 10% over the same period. Only one manufacturer was found to have exceeded its target in 2022, and will be required to pay an excess emissions premium. In 2022, 9.4 million new passenger […]

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Samuel Fischer discusses how he and colleagues researched and utilised an angler smartphone app to build a stochastic model for angler traffic in the Canadian province of Alberta. Anglers facilitate the spread of whirling disease, a parasite-induced fish disease, meaning this model demonstrates the importance of individual-specific behaviour of […]

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Xian Yang’s article ‘Different assembly mechanisms of leaf epiphytic and endophytic bacterial communities underlie their higher diversity in more diverse forests‘ is one of […]

Adani Green Energy Limited The Bhadla Solar Park is set to become the world’s largest energy park, stretching over an area five times larger than Paris. Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), one of the largest renewable companies in India, is building Bhadla Solar Park, poised to become the world’s largest green energy site. It will be capable of powering a […]

JRC research has made an important contribution to the first European Climate Risk Assessment report. Carried out by the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the request of the European Commission, the report identifies the many different economic and social risks that Europe will need to manage over the next decade due to the climate crisis. […]

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Salomé Jaramillo Gil talks us through her research, conducted with colleagues, which aimed to predict whale shark abundance. Through results obtained via modelling and photo identification, it is suggested that local authorities apply the model each spring. Ecotourism and conservation Nowadays, ecotourism with wildlife has witnessed unprecedented growth, attracting […]

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Marina Fagundes’s article ‘The role of plant diversity and facilitation during tropical dry forest restoration‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award: 👋 […]

The first data from a sample of 600 000 cars indicates that the real-world fuel consumption and CO2 emissions from diesel and petrol vehicles on the road are around 20% higher than indicated by the official values from the standardised WLTP type-approval test used for regulatory purposes. This discrepancy is in line with what the Commission […]