Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The editor’s choice for our August issue is ‘Fungi and deadwood diversity: A test of the area-heterogeneity trade-off hypothesis‘, by Max Zibold et al.:  Environmental heterogeneity is one of the most fundamental drivers of species diversity. For decades, ecologists have suggested that heterogeneity–diversity relationships are generally positive. But today, a greater variety of heterogeneity–diversity relationships is discussed. In […]

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, […]

Next in Journal of Applied Ecology’s series of Meet the Editors, get to know Ardiantiono – one of the mentees on our 2024 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme. What are you currently working on and why is it important? Ardiantiono out in the field © Linda Fitria My research focuses on integrating ecological and sociological information […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]