Angham Daiyoub, forestry engineer and doctoral researcher. Image: CREAF.

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Angham Daiyoub and how to bring together forest, armed conflict, environmental justice and ecofeminism

The key words in Syrian-born researcher Angham Daiyoub’s speech are environmental justice, forest, biodiversity, women, armed conflict and conservation. Not necessarily in this order, but they are all there. And that is why a careful look is needed when talking to her, to avoid stereotypes and recurring questions. She is a PhD student at CREAF with a doctoral thesis on

Adriana Clivillé 23 de January de 2023

The Bayan Obo mine in Inner Mongolia (China) contains a large amount of rare earth minerals. Source: REUTERS (2011).

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Humans milk the periodic table turning a blind eye to its risks

For millions of years, nature has basically been getting by with just a few elements from the periodic table. However, to build the world of humans we need many more. A new article analyses the reasons and consequences of this divergence.

Anna Ramon 16 de January de 2023

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Bridget Emmett, CREAF International Scientific Committee member, new President of the British Ecological Society

As a member of CREAF’s International Scientific Committee, Bridget Emmett helps define the center’s research strategy and to evaluate its results periodically.

Adriana Clivillé 13 de January de 2023

Global Bio Stripes with birds. Data: Living Planet Index (http://stats.livingplanetindex.org/).

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30×30: the global biodiversity agreement reached at COP15 aims to protect 30% of nature by 2030

The outcome of the COP15 negotiations is a global agreement to restore the planet’s biodiversity, the “Kunmin-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”. We summarise the package of 23 measures planned for before 2030 and the 4 targets for 2050.

Veronica Couto Antelo 20 de December de 2022

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Individual and global decisions to avoid tropical primary forest loss

To close the PRIMARY project we present a final report of lessons learned during this project. It is a compilation of the conclusions of the meeting with experts related to the deforestation of tropical forests from very different backgrounds: science, administration, journalism and consumer departments, among others. What is the reason for this cross-disciplinarity? The threats to these forests are diverse and one of the main threats is the consumption of soya, palm and other products grown in the Global

Veronica Couto Antelo 20 de December de 2022

The protagonists of CREAF's first programme of visits and sabbaticals decipher the influence of warming on tundra vegetation in the Arctic, the benefits of forests as nature-based solutions and the impact of phosphorus on tropical savannas. Image: public domain.

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The Arctic, the Mediterranean forest and the tropical savannah, a glimpse of the visits and research sabbaticals at CREAF

The protagonists of CREAF’s first visit and sabbatical program decipher the influence of warming on tundra vegetation in the Arctic, the benefits of forests as nature-based solutions, and the incidence of phosphorus in tropical savannahs.

Adriana Clivillé 16 de December de 2022

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Has there always been climate change like this or is this just more misleading information?

Disinformation arrives in all our homes, like distant family at Christmas, and sometimes it makes us doubt; even more so when the denialist discourse comes from people who are supposed to have a scientific basis. The same has happened this week in the journal of the College of Geologists, where a geologist has written denying the link between current climate change and human action. As a result, the country’s leading experts in the historical study of climate and its changes

Veronica Couto Antelo 13 de December de 2022

Angham Daiyoub and how to bring together forest, armed conflict, environmental justice and ecofeminism

Humans milk the periodic table turning a blind eye to its risks

Bridget Emmett, CREAF International Scientific Committee member, new President of the British Ecological Society

30×30: the global biodiversity agreement reached at COP15 aims to protect 30% of nature by 2030

Individual and global decisions to avoid tropical primary forest loss

The Arctic, the Mediterranean forest and the tropical savannah, a glimpse of the visits and research sabbaticals at CREAF

Has there always been climate change like this or is this just more misleading information?

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Angham Daiyoub and how to bring together forest, armed conflict, environmental justice and ecofeminism

Humans milk the periodic table turning a blind eye to its risks

Bridget Emmett, CREAF International Scientific Committee member, new President of the British Ecological Society

30×30: the global biodiversity agreement reached at COP15 aims to protect 30% of nature by 2030

Individual and global decisions to avoid tropical primary forest loss

The Arctic, the Mediterranean forest and the tropical savannah, a glimpse of the visits and research sabbaticals at CREAF

Has there always been climate change like this or is this just more misleading information?

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