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Innovators train AI models to help measure biodiversity in birds

An innovative team of researchers have successfully used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to further their understanding of biodiversity in birds, by training computers to recognise...

Improving tropical forest conservation through interdisciplinary research

Dr Peter Beck, Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Science and Policy at St. Edward’s University, describes tropical deforestation as a ‘wicked’ problem, and discusses...

The management and conservation of animal genetic resources

Coralie Danchin from the European Regional Focal Point for Animal Genetic Resources discusses some of the reasons why obtaining animal genetic resources is important. The...

Could financial incentives help preserve tropical forests?

Environmental scientists from St. Edward’s University discuss how paying landowners to protect trees could help preserve tropical forests. Tropical forests are home to half of...

Funding for sustainable and innovative methods of ensuring bee health

The Executive Committee of COLOSS announces a new three year funding package to develop sustainable and innovative methods of ensuring bee health. This funding comes...

A world without wetlands is a world without water

The Innovation Platform speaks to Wetlands International Europe about how healthy and restored wetlands can contribute as nature-based solutions to the European Green Deal. Wetlands...

Scientists develop a new model for protecting deep sea fauna

A team of researchers have developed an innovative method of outlining protected areas for deep sea fauna in the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone. In Journal of...

Using biochar to increase biodiversity in soil

Standard Bio uses char based products to enhance soil, animal feed supplements and filtering systems to help promote a sustainable carbon capturing future. There are...

Incinerators: ensuring biosecurity in farms

IGE distribute and maintain incinerators manufactured with multi-layered refractory bricks of the highest quality, with less than 12% porosity, making them the most fuel-efficient...

Does bark beetle-caused tree mortality lead to more severe wildfires?

The Innovation Platform (TIP) welcomes Carolyn Hull Sieg, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, to discuss the effects bark beetles have...

Small-scale farming systems to promote biodiversity

Based on the historic ‘forest gardens’ Guadeloupe, researchers have created a concept for a small-scale farming system in order to promote sustainable agricultural production...

Why the pangolin is the world’s most trafficked animal

The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) has released a report on the growth of trafficked pangolin scales, on the run up to Pangolin Day. The report...

New technology increases the survival rates of seedlings after wildfires

Researchers have developed a new technology to increase the survival rate of microclonal seedlings planted for reforestation after widespread wildfires. Scientists from the National University...

Advancing nutrition science: innovation and collaboration

We spoke to the President of The Nutrition Society, Professor Julie Lovegrove, about the importance of nutrition science. The Nutrition Society was established in 1941....

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