Biografie change of key

BioCliVE allows to precisely construct future grassland ecosystems and thus to demonstrate causal inter-relationships between biodiversity, climate change and functioning. However, despite being as close as possible to natural grasslands, it is a constructed artificial system. We will thus validate our results by comparing our data with a similar climate change experiment that we set up in a semi-natural grassland. With these two experiments we will advance our understanding of ecosystem resistance and resilience to extreme climate events.

Drought experiment Fort Rhijnauwen

In 2015, we established a new climate change experiment at Fort Rhijnauwen manipulating a major driver of change within grassland - drought. We exclude rainfall with rainout shelters such that precipitation is reduced by a constant percentage. This experiment will contribute to the Drought-Net International Drought Experiment that uses standardized methods to simulate drought and therefore allows comparison of ecosystem responses worldwide.

The experiment consists of four treatments replicated in a randomized block design, with three blocks of four plots for a total of 12 plots. The four treatments are:

1. Reduced annual precipitation: This treatment simulates a reductio

   The launch of a new macroeconomic scenario study marked the opening of the ECO-BIO conference in Rotterdam today.  Biorenewables fulfil a key role in climate policy and in future economic development, says the LEI/Copernicus report, concentrating on the Netherlands. In the words of Luuk van der Wielen (Director BE-Basic, one of the supporting organisations): ‘The conclusions show that emission reductions can be best achieved, at lower costs and higher benefit to our GDP if we invest now, but this requires action from both industry and government.’

   And as Dutch MP Stientje van Veldhoven said, upon receiving the first copy: ‘We can solve today’s challenges regarding climate change and resource scarcity and create jobs and economic growth while doing it. Now is the time for the government to really give the biobased economy a boost so that together we can start to actually solve the great challenges of our time.’ The results confirm earlier reports that the GHG emission target of 40% reduction in 2030 (compared to 1990) will not be met with present policy measures; that holds true for any of the calculated scenarios. A scenario with high technology development and open (global) markets shows to be most beneficial, will make sustainable biofuels competitive, will help the chemi

   World Bio Markets

   Met korting, Van derden

   10/06/25 -
   11/06/25

   
   

   World Bio Markets is a two-day, commercially focused event connecting and generating deal flow between bio-developers and producers, global brands and buyers, investors and financiers, community enablers and suppliers.

   📆 10-11 June 2025

   📍The Hague, Netherlands

   For 18 years World Bio Markets has been uniting and connecting the bioeconomy value chain from lab to market, and driving change through commercially viable innovation. It does this through a unique focus on highly targeted and pre-arranged 1-2-1 meetings, providing a cost and time efficient way of connecting with potential new customers and partners.

   These meetings run alongside a programme of keynotes, presentations, panel discussions, Q&A’s, and interviews with key figures in the bioeconomy.

   Looking to scale your business at a faster pace? The event provides the perfect opportunity to:

   • Meet potential new customers and partners
   • Grow your new business development pipeline
   • Build relationships with global brands
   • Find investment
   • Position yourself as a bioeconomy pioneer and thought leader

   For more information and to register please visit www.worldbiomarkets.com

   Zeven songs van Bob Dylan door een cultuurhistorische lens

   Folk Music a Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs beschrijft de moderne geschiedenis van Amerika én de creatieve ontwikkeling van de grootste dichter en componist van zijn tijd. Auteur Greil Marcus legt Dylans teksten onder een cultuurhistorisch vergrootglas.

   Empathie en herbeleven

   ‘I can see myself in others’, verklaarde Dylan een paar jaar geleden ten overstaan van een groepje journalisten. “Als er al een sleutel is om zijn werk te duiden”, legt Marcus uit in het eerste hoofdstuk Other Lives, dat fungeert als een soort ten geleide, “dan is het deze uitspraak wel. De motor van zijn songs is empathie; het verlangen en het vermogen om andere levens binnen te gaan, zelfs om hun drama nog eens op te voeren en te herbeleven.”

   De meest geslaagde illustratie hiervan is Murder Most Foul, het slotstuk van zijn boek. ‘It was a dark day in Dallas, November ’63’, zo begint Dylan krakend zijn 17 minuten tellend requiem over een moreel failliet land ingeluid door de brute moord op president Kennedy, begeleid door aarzelend dwarrelende piano- en strijkersklanken, plechtig als een zwanenzang. Het is alsof Homerus het woord neemt, en zijn Illias nog eens voorleest. Het heeft een magnetische werking op de journalist die zic