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  1. Consortium investigates nature-inclusive use of floating solar panels

    News
    The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded more than 2.8 million euros to a consortium led by NIOO's Sven Teurlincx that will investigate the use of floating solar panels. It aims to establish the technological, ecological and social conditions for floating solar energy to have a sustainable future - for people as well as nature, in different landscapes.
    Sven Teurlincx op drijvend zonne-eiland Markerplas

  2. Is agroforestry the answer for rainforest restoration?

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    The conversion of Amazon rainforest for agriculture has led to deforestation and soil degradation. Agroforestry has been suggested as a sustainable alternative, but NIOO's Eiko Kuramae says its impact on the soil needs to be more fully considered.
    Márcio Leite & Eiko Kuramae

  3. Thin film of energy

    PV foil is 'building-integrated': it collects solar energy, and makes the roof waterproof at the same time.
    Zonnepanelen als dakbedekking

  4. Sun = power

    Solar energy does not pollute and won’t run out any time soon. But how best to exploit its power?
    Zonnepanelen

  5. Highlights

    A few highlights of the NIOO-KNAW building.
    Buitenkant van het NIOO-KNAW gebouw

  6. A living, breathing building

    As sustainable as possible, in as many respects as possible: that was the imperative when the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) commissioned a new building. And we have done it!
    Gebouw NIOO-KNAW met paarse bloemen

  7. History of NIOO-KNAW

    NIOO-KNAW was created in 1992 by merging three important ecological research institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Discover our history.
    Nieuwersluis, een oude locatie van het NIOO-KNAW

  8. Large herbivores can bend the curve of biodiversity loss in tropical forests

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    A 10-year experiment in Brazil’s endangered Atlantic Forest, led by NIOO-researcher Nacho Villar, has found that there's less biodiversity loss in areas where large herbivores can roam free.
    Morro do Diabo

  9. Extinction of Pleistocene herbivores induced major vegetation and landscape changes

    Press release
    The extinction of large herbivores such as mammoths could explain massive prehistoric changes in vegetation and landscape structure, with major implications for our understanding of present-day ecosystems. Modern and paleo-ecologists joined forces in an international study led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). The results are being published online by PNAS this week.
    Pleistocene