In national landscape Het Groene Woud, located in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, nature managers reintroduced red deer to increase the ecological value of the area. As intermediate feeders, red deer forage on both ...

Small pacific islands are dependent on the ocean as a means of sustenance and livelihood, yet they are also at the vanguard of climate change. Growing anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment are causing environmental ...

Vocally active species partition the soundscape to communicate on food availability, mate attraction and predation risk. Tropical forests, with high vegetation density, have many vocally active species, including many ...

The construction sector has a large environmental impact and waste contribution. The sector is the number one consumer of raw materials and 30% of global greenhouse gases can be attributed to the building sector. In the ...

As biodiversity and biodiversity hotspots worldwide are threatened by the effects of land use, such as habitat loss and habitat fragmentation, it is important to understand the ongoing processes and their effect on the ...

Multilateral environmental agreements enacted to protect the environment play a crucial role in promoting sustainability. However, as global environmental domains such as climate and ozone are interlinked, policies implemented ...

Community initiatives have an indispensable role to play in tackling climate adaptation, by their ability to increase the uptake of climate adaptation measures among households. This study focuses on increasing the uptake ...

On European as well as national levels, governments have committed to mitigate CO2 emissions, among others by means of energy efficiency strategies. However, what happens when these strategies are implemented? This research ...

The current European building stock is responsible for 50 % of the energy use, 40 % of the greenhouse emissions, and 50 % of the raw material requirement. Existing European policies push the increase of renovations, aiming ...