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A thesis by Kristiina Karhu, examined at the University of Helsinki on Friday 20th of August, demonstrates that, over the next few decades, the soil of boreal forests may release more carbon dioxide than previously estimated. Carbon dioxide ...

On behalf of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers, EurAgEng and of the French Society of Engineers and Technicians in Mechanization and Agricultural Engineering, SitmAFGR, Cemagref organizes the International Conference on Agricultural ...

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual meeting place for the planet’s most urgent water-related issues. Organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), it brings together 2500 experts, practitioners, decision makers and ...

An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy explains that researchers must recognize the importance of including the environmental effects of bioenergy by-products as part of the lifecycle analysis of bioenergy production ...

PEER scientists take part in a new European Topic Centre on climate change adaptation. The new topic centre will provide support to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its monitoring network, Eionet. This can be seen as the most recent result ...

In a breeding experiment with Houbara Bustards ‒ a North African bird species with a very distinctive courtship behaviour, scientists have concluded that visual stimulation from attractive males of the same species positively affects brooding ...

The PEER institutes have combined their expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services into a new initiative. The initiative is designed to deliver innovative scientific research products with policy relevance. It is also meant to facilitate ...

The PEER centres are forming a joint staff exchange programme in order to facilitate joint working, knowledge exchange, dissemination of best practices and collaboration at all levels between the centres. The development of collaboration between the ...

PEER began a benchmarking working group in 2008 in order to monitor its achievements from scientific and societal perspectives. The results show that PEER centres are involved in 295 FP6/7 projects funded by the EC, and in 52% two or more PEER ...

The World Day to Combat Desertification focuses on desertification problems around the world, and this year researchers are joining hands with farmers around the world to stand up to one of the greatest, yet most overlooked environmental problems. ...