Biodiversité

This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of 2526 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2021 edition containssubstantial new material on bat conservation, terrestrial mammal conservation and marine and freshwater mammals, thus completing the evidence for all mammal species categories. Other chapters cover practical global conservation of primates, amphibians, bats, birds, forests, peatlands, subtidal benthic invertebrates, shrublands and heathlands, as well as the conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control, enhancing soil fertility, management of captive animals and control of freshwater invasive species.

Water Authority Aa & Maas organises an International Water Conference on Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th of July. Goal of the conference is to share and discuss the knowledge gained with the nature restoration and water storage project. The main subjects of discussion during these two days are hydrology, climate change and nature conservation including saving the rare butterfly Scarce Large Blue.