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: PhD-graduation Marieke Hobbes; PhD-graduation of drs. M. Hobbes on "Figuring Rural Development: Concepts and cases of land use, sustainability and integrative indicators" on Thursday 04 March 2010, 13.45 h.; Read more

: Lecture Agro-ecology in Finland; Dr. Irina Herzon, working at the University of Helsinki, has given a lecture about "Agro-ecology in Finland" at CML on Monday 25 January 2010; Read more

: Stans Prize 2009; The ‘Stans Prize 2009’ has been awarded to Jim van Ruijven for his research on the environmental impact of the production of biodiesel from algae.; Read more

: Leiden- Delft joined MSc programme Industrial Ecology accredited; The Leiden- Delft joined MSc programme on Industrial Ecology has been accredited by the NVAO as an independent MSc programme within Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.; Read more

: Symposium: Exotic species and the WaterFrame Directive (WFD); On the 10th December 2009 the Working group on Alien Species (NECOV / WEW) organises a symposium with as subject Exotic species and the WaterFrame Directive (WFD). Several people from CML contribute to this symposium.; Read more

: PhD-graduation Eric Fotsing; PhD-graduation of M.Sc. E. Fotsing on "Small Savannah, An Information System for the integrated analyses of land use change in the Far North of Cameroon" on Tuesday 08 December 2009, 16h.; Read more

: Seminar Biodiversity, farming systems and farmers; Prof. Janne Bengtsson, professor in Ecology and Environmental Science at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, will give a seminar about "Biodiversity, farming systems and farmers" at CML on Wednesday 2 December 2009, 11h; Read more

: PhD-graduation Steven Kragten; PhD-graduation of drs. S. Kragten on "Breeding birds on organic and conventional arable farms" on Wednesday 02 December 2009, 15h.; Read more

: I Climate! EU towards a new Mindset; A report by Casper Stubbé, a Master Industrial Ecology Student, about the debate between minister Timmermans of European affairs and students of Leiden University on climate politics on the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen; Read more

: Minister Timmermans in debate with students on climate politics; On 17 november 2009, three students of the Minor Sustainable Development and the MSc programme Industrial Ecology defended their position statements on the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen.; Read more

: A sabbatical at Yale University; Dr. Ester van der Voet is spending a 4 months sabbatical at Yale University and describes the research she carries out in collaboration with Yale University.; Read more

: Peter Jagers visits CML; Professor Peter Jagers is visiting the CML from 4 to 17 october 2009. Peter Jagers is world-famous for his research on mathematical models of invasion, stochastic population growth and extinction.; Read more

: Crossing Boundaries; Dit boek beschrijft 20 jaar samenwerking tussen de Filippijnse Isabela University en de Universiteit Leiden in het veldstation Cagayan Valley Programme on Environment and Development (CVPED).; Read more

: Opening Minor Sustainable Development; The new CML minor Sustainable Development started on Monday 7 September 2009 with an official opening by the Vice-Rector Prof. Rietje van Dam.; Read more

: Dr.ir. Willie Peijnenburg is benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar Environmental Toxicology and Biodiversity; Dr.ir. Willie Peijnenburg is per 1 september 2009 bij de Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar Environmental Toxicology and Biodiversity. Het betreft een deeltijdaanstelling. Peijnenburg blijft daarnaast werkzaam bij het Laboratorium voor Ecologische Risico-beoordeling (LER) van het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM).; Read more

: Eco-friendly farmers do what they say; Farmers who commit to environmentally friendly working methods also actively practise nature conservation in their farming - particularly when this is not financed by the government. These are the findings of research carried out by Anne Marike Lokhorst, who will receive her PhD on 17 September based on this study.; Read more

: Students make CO2 calculator; Two students from the Leiden-Delft MSc Industrial Ecology programme have made a carbon footprint calculator for the website www.doemaarduurzaam.nl; the website where the Dutch public broadcasting organisations collect everything broadcasted about sustainability; Read more

: MSc student Hermen Visser at NCRV Radio Cappuccino (Dutch); Hermen is a biology student who has participated in the CML research of tagged lions in Cameroon. Hermen have been interviewed by NCRV Radio Cappuccino about his research on Saturday 12 september 2009; Read more

: 3rd International Conference on Eco-Efficiency; Call for abstracts open until 1 March 2010, the conference is postponed to: 9-11 June 2010; Read more

: Science café: "Eigen soorten eerst" (Dutch); Science Café Leiden and Naturalis organize on Sunday 13 september 2009 on 15:00 h a discussion about exotic species in the Netherlands with dr. Arjan Gittenberger and CML-researcher dr. Wil Tamis; Read more

: PhD-graduation Erik Klop; PhD-graduation of Ir. Erik Klop on "The effects of savanna fires on community assembly patterns of large herbivores in Benoue National Park, Cameroon" on Thursday 03 September 2009, 15 h.; Read more

: Symposium - Exotic species in nature reserves; 4-hour symposium on 5 September 2009 organised by CML on ECCB 2009 - 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology “Conservation biology and beyond: from science to practice”, Praag, 1-5 September 2009; Read more

: Symposium - Nature conservation on farmland: linking ecology with social sciences; 2 hour symposium organised by CML on ECCB 2009 - 2nd European Congress on Conservation Biology, Praag 1-5 september 2009; Read more

: Reintroduction of captive-bred critically endangered Philippine crocodiles; Fifty (50) Philippine crocodiles have been released in Dicatian Lake on July 31, 2009 by the local community of Dicatian. The coming months students of Leiden University and Isabela State University will intensively monitor the released crocodiles. This information will be used to replicate reintroductions of Philippine crocodiles elsewhere in the country.; Read more

: People steal meat from wild lions; Lions in Cameroon are having their kills stolen from under their noses by hungry villagers. BBC Earth News has an article about the lion research of CML in northern Cameroon.; Read more

: Fieldwork on the Black-tailed Godwit at VPRO Noorderlicht Nieuws; Krijn Trimbos shows VPRO reporter Remy van den Brand how eggs and chicks of black-tailed godwits are found for his research on population genetics.; Read more

: "Problem"-lions in Kenya; Dr. Hans de Iongh have been interviewed in VPRO television programme: "Noorderlicht Nieuws" on 16 July 2009 about the lion research in Kenya (Dutch); Read more

: CVPED's 20th anniversary !; Short description about 20th anniversary of CVPED, the fieldstation in the Philippines, and 20 years of cooperation between Leiden University with Isabela State University in the Philippines.; Read more

: Population genetic assessment of European Godwit populations through the use of egg-shell membrane derived DNA; Dutch article in Mare about research of CML-PhD researcher Krijn Trimbos about his fieldwork to obtain the DNA of European Godwits by the use of egg-shell membranes.; Read more

: Tagging of Black-tailed Godwit for tracking the migrational movements; CML PhD-Researcher Krijn Trimbos has participated in this research of the University of Groningen.; Read more

: Newsletter Minor Sustainable Development June 2009 (Dutch); The newsletter appears before and during the minor and reports about the courses, speakers and results.; Read more

: National conservation strategy and action plan for the Dugong in Indonesia (Dutch); Radio interview with Hans de Iongh, associate professor at CML, in Vara Vroege Vogels about a new conservation plan for Dugongs in Indonesia; Read more

: Een minor Duurzame Ontwikkeling voor de hele universiteit (Dutch); A new interdisciplinary Minor "Sustainable Development" (30 EC) starts in September 2009 for bachelor students from all faculties; Read more

: Extinction and re-appearance of vascular plant species in the Netherlands (Dutch); Extinction and re-appearnance of vascaluar plant species in the Netherlands is a normal population dynamical process and is not correlated to all kind of environmental threats. However, in the period 1981-2000 the number of extinctions is considerably lower and the number of re-apperances considerably higher than before. This may caused by range extensions as a consequence of climate change.; Read more

: Red List Symposium; IUCN Symposium “Red List of Threatened Species: what it is, and how it is used” organised by IUCN and CML on 16 June 2009, 14.00-16.30 u. Location: Hortus Botanicus, Plantage Middenlaan 2a, Amsterdam (Dutch); Read more

: Pesticides Atlas overhauled in line with European Framework Directive on Water; The Dutch atlas with pesticides concentrations in surface waters have been overhauled. This new, free accessible, website is in line with the European Framework Directive on Water (In Dutch: KRW).; Read more

: Algen, water, zonlicht... en de natuur kan haar gang gaan (Dutch); Dutch Article in MARE, about the opinions of prof. dr. Huub de Groot (LIC) and drs. Rene Kleijn (CML) on ideal biofuels; Read more

: Prof.dr. Geert de Snoo benoemd tot hoogleraar Conservation Biology (Dutch); Prof.dr. Geert de Snoo has obtained a position as professor in Conservation Biology at the Faculty of Science since March 1, 2009; Read more

: CVPED-conference; Call for papers for conference called: "Changing Landscape", open until 1 April 2009; Read more

: GIS-telemetry course for tracking large mammals; Course at Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in Nairobi - February 2009; Read more

: 2nd Louwes Lecture; Announcement 2th Louwes Lecture on 21 January 2009; Read more

: New beginning of CML; January 1, 2009, a new beginning of the Instititute of Environmental Sciences; Read more

: Philippine crocodile conservation; CML-Colloquium on Friday 12 December 2008, 13.00 hrs; Read more

: PhD graduation - David Tsetse; CML PhD graduation of David Tsetse - Opportunity and Problem in Context (OPiC) on Thursday 20 November 2008, 11:15 hrs; Read more

: Annual report 2007; Summary of Annual report 2007 and downloadable PDF; Read more

: VENI-subsidy for CML-researcher Martina Vijver; Hoe erg zijn metalen in het milieu eigenlijk (Dutch); Read more

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