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  1. Soil, live! - Soil animal concert & Torch safari

    Event
    This year we are celebrating an anniversary: the Soil Animal Days (Bodemdierendagen) are ten years old! In September we are starting our citizen science project again. To give this 10th anniversary an extra festive touch, we will start this edition with a very special evening.
    Soil, live!

  2. Soil animals as guests at Klokhuis

    Event
    Watch the Klokhuis episode airing on 28 May, where NIOO will put soil animals in the spotlight. The episode will air between 18:40 and 18:55 on NPO3, or you can watch it later on hetklokhuis.nl or NPO start.
    Het Klokhuis

  3. Earthworms winners of humid 2023 & Leeuwarden bags the title Soil Animal City of the Year

    Press release
    Spring has started in the Netherlands, and that means our soil life is very active again. How much do we know of the creatures living under our feet? That is where the citizen science project of the Soil Animal Days comes in. What did the results of 2023 show us? Earthworms like wet weather and managed to retain their position in the national soil animals Top 3: they were spotted in 87% of gardens. And in Leeuwarden, people searched for soil animals with such enthusiasm and a clear focus on the importance of soil animals that the Frisian capital may proudly call itself Soil Animal City of the Year.
    Infographic with 2023 results

  4. The Centre for Soil Ecology goes national

    News
    Today, on World Soil Day, it is the perfect moment to present the new National Centre for Soil Ecology. All soil ecologists working in the Netherlands can now connect to the initiative that originally started in Wageningen.
    Scientists involved in the new National Centre for Soil ecology together

  5. National Soil Animal Days 2024

    Event
    Every year around World Animal Day, we go on safari in our own gardens looking for the important but often overlooked soil animals. This year marks the 10th edition of the Soil Animal Days.
    Bodemdierendagen: 10 voor de bodem

  6. Kick off meeting National Centre for Soil Ecology

    Event
    The Centre for Soil Ecology (CSE) was established in 2010 by NIOO-KNAW and WUR to bring together soil ecologists in Wageningen. However, as soil ecology is happening all across the Netherlands, there is need to transform the CSE into a National Centre for Soil Ecology (NCSE) to connect soil ecologists across the Netherlands.

  7. Observations National Soil Animal Days 2023

    Event
    Every year around World Animal Day, it's time to go on safari in your own garden - looking for the all-important but often overlooked soil animals. 2023 will mark the 9th edition of the Dutch Soil Animal Days. The annual event, organised by NIOO and a growing number of partners, is still welcoming observations. All observations up to and including 31 October will count for the national Soil Animal Top 3 of 2023.
    Mier aan het werk

  8. National Soil Animal Days 2023

    Event
    Ieder jaar gaan we rond Dierendag op safari in eigen tuin, op zoek naar die belangrijke maar vaak vergeten bodemdieren. In 2023 is het tijd voor de 9e editie!
    Zoekkaart bodemdieren

  9. Film 'Onder het Maaiveld' revisited - English version

    Event
    To honour the International Day of Biodiversity, with NIOO soil ecologists for Q&A afterwards!
    Film onder het maaiveld: verschillende bodemdieren

  10. Enhancing Soil Biodiversity

    At NIOO, we are on a mission to explore the strange world beneath our feet, to seek out new soil-borne life, uncover new miniature civilisations, and to boldly take humankind where it could not go before.
    Background dossier bodembiodiversiteit