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CERA (CErtification of RAw Materials) is a four-year project that will develop a standardized certification scheme ensuring environmental, social and economic sustainability in extraction, processing, trading and manufacturing of all mineral raw materials. It will guarantee traceability of certified…

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: O. van Gaans

Organic amendments applied to agricultural fields can partially offset our carbon emissions to the atmosphere and improve the resilience of agriculture to the effects of climate change. Driving these benefits, however, are complex and poorly understood interactions between organic amendment properties,…

The application of nanomaterials in industrial processes and consumer products provides many societal benefits, but can also lead to the release of nanomaterials into the environment. The work in this dissertation aims to provide insights into the potential environmental impacts that may follow from…

Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, W.T. de Groot, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Musters

Freshwater is an important resource, but at a great risk of species decline due to habitat loss, pollution and over-exploitation, and invasive alien species.

Promotores: Prof.dr.G.R. de Snoo and Dr. R. Heijungs

How can we quantify the density of species within a community through environmental DNA concentrations?

Description of The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

This thesis focuses on the social dimensions of crane and wetland conservation in rural landscapes in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.

What is the environmental impact of different waste collection systems across Europe? How can the collection be improved when considering collection, sorting, and treatment, as well as use options for secondary materials?

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.U. Keller

Een nieuw artikel van Dr. Helen Pluut zal verschijnen in European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Het artikel, dat samen met Marion Büttgen en Jan Ullrich van de Universiteit van Hohenheim is geschreven, heeft implicaties voor organisaties die een duaal laddersysteem hanteren. Zulke systemen…

Wat zijn de belangrijkste thema's in het uitvoeren van systemen voor bio-energie ?

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. J. de Vries

Leids onderzoek naar bestraffing komt tot stand uit verschillende disciplines. Het onderzoeksproject kent een juridische, criminologische, sociaalwetenschappelijke en filosofische invalshoek.

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…

Promotores: W.T. de Groot, M. Tchuenté, Co-promotor: J.P. Cheylan

Door middel van DNA-restjes in het milieu de verspreiding van bedreigde dieren in kaart brengen: het Centrum voor Milieuwetenschap Leiden (CML) stuurde studenten naar de Filipijnen om een nieuwe opsporingsmethode te testen: environmental DNA. National Geographic schreef er een artikel over.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Mathematisch Instituut (MI)

Do Ethiopian wolves change their diet and foraging strategy in the landscape under different land uses? How land use affect Afro-alpine rodent Communities? How important are Afro-alpine natural resources utilisation for local livelihoods? What is the human perception of conflict in the Afro-alpine a…

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

What are the global relationships between environmental conditions and abundance of distinct types of mycorrhizal fungi in soil and plant roots?

What would be the environmental performance of the Carbon4PUR technology at industrial scale in the future?

BioSolar Cells is a five-year research project in which ten knowledge institutions and 45 private industries work together.

Development of indicators to assess decoupling of economic development and environmental pressure in the EU-25 and AC-3 countries.

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek (LIC)

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)

Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)

De klimaat- en ecologische crisis zou een aanloop kennen van maar liefst duizend jaar en wortelen in het kolonialisme, stelt Yale-hoogleraar Sunil Amrith in zijn nieuwste boek. Onderzoeker Tristan Mostert reflecteert op het werk bij OVT.

Het wemelt van de voetafdrukken die de druk van de mens op het milieu berekenen. Milieukundige Kai Fang is de eerste die een voetafdrukfamilie ontwikkelde waardoor milieuschade en uitputting van hulpbronnen beter gemeten kan worden. Promotie 24 november.

Materials balances have been used in the recent past for the analysis of substance oriented environmental problems and the formulation of measures for environmental policy. In this study an integrated tool, based on the materials balance principle, has been developed for the analysis of both environmental…

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.