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Coffee talk Samadhi Lipari
Interviews

Coffee Talk with Samadhi Lipari: Renewable Energy in the Simeto valley

Join us for a coffee chat with Samadhi Lipari, a geographer and researcher at the University of Catania (UNICT). He contributes to the case study on “Simeto River Alliance for Biodiversity” about grassroots groups who fight for ecological recovery and protection of the Simeto River on Sicily. Samadhi´s specific focus within this research is on photovoltaic energy production in the River valley.

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17 March 2025
Sunflower protest by Voedselpark Amsterdam
Reflections

Linking Scientific Knowledge on Biodiversity Loss to Concrete, Hopeful Action: Insights from the ‘Navigating the Anthropocene’ Conference

Esther Turnhout, Tamalone van den Eijnden and Iris Poels from the initiative Voedselpark Amsterdam joined the “Navigating the Anthropocene” conference at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. One central question that emerged was about the role of science in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss. Is it possible to have ‘value-free’ knowledge on these complex and entangled issues?

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10 February 2025
The slogan of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) was ‘Peace with Nature’. This COP is called: People’s COP. (Source: CBD)
Reflections

Peace with nature? Some thoughts about the CBD COP16​

By Zsolt Molnár

The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place from 21st October to 2nd November 2024 in Cali, Colombia. BIOTraCes expert Zsolt Molnár from the Centre for Ecological Research (CER) in Hungary participated in the conference. In this article, he shares his insights.

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8 January 2025
Prof. Esther Turnhout at IPBES 11 in Namibia
Interviews

Prof. Esther Turnhout featured on Radio Show about IPBES11

Interview with Prof. Esther Turnhout on key insights IPBES 11 On December 15th, Prof. Esther Turnhout, a BIOTraCes partner from the University of Twente, was interviewed on the Dutch radio show Vroege Vogels during the 11th IPBES conference. In the interview, Turnhout shares insights into the Transformative Change assessment, a

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20 December 2024
Terra Sintropica
News Articles

New article – Behind the scenes of Terra Sintropica

Behind the scenes of Terra Sintropica Original article written by Regina Schwald Terra Sintropica is a pioneering project based in Mértola, Portugal, founded in 2018 by Marta Cortegano and Antonio Coelho. The initiative focuses on addressing significant environmental and social challenges, such as drought, soil degradation, and rural depopulation. By

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18 December 2024
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