Over the past decade, Flanders has been increasingly confronted with drug waste. This is mainly leftovers from the production of MDMA, speed and, more recently, crystal meth. What impact can this chemical waste have on ....
The abundant rainfall of recent weeks has made the Tervuren Geographical Arboretum greener than green. Located on the outskirts of Brussels, it is home to countless trees and shrubs from Central and Mediterranean Europe, North ....
Climate change, overfishing and pollution threaten the livelihoods of some 3 billion people who depend on the oceans for income and food, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its Trade ....
Today, the North Sea is heavily navigated and of great economic value. But people have lived in the area for almost a million years. Doggerland, a vast area between England and continental Europe, has left ....
Human activities have affected the North Sea ecosystem for centuries. More recently, climate change is also changing the structure and functioning of one of the world's most studied marine ecosystems and one of the busiest ....
Thanks to the fight against plastic and increased awareness, litter on North Sea beaches has decreased significantly in a decade. In the sea, however, plastics remain a persistent problem. While an average of 388 pieces ....
While the human population was battling Covid-19, the Belgian and Dutch hedgehog populations were struggling with hedgehog disease. This deadly zoonotic illness, which first appeared in Belgium in 2020, is expected to claim even more ....
Western European forests have been managed and modified by humans for many centuries. The Sonian Forest, a 5,000-hectare area on the outskirts of Brussels, is no exception. The forest is one of many Natura 2000 ....
COP27 is barely over, and another global consultation is already scheduled. From 7 to 19 December, COP15 will take place in Montreal, Canada, with a new global biodiversity framework on the table to mobilise governments ....
Every year on the 22nd of May, the International Day for Biodiversity takes place. With this global campaign, the United Nations aims to make citizens aware of the great diversity of plant and animal species ....