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Holland: Jumbo seeks new CEOUnexpectedly, top executive Ton van Veen announced that he will leave Jumbo within a few months. The Dutch supermarket chain is launching the search for a successor. Van Veen had been financial director of the supermarket chain since 2004, deciding to step back and become…
GreenTech Americas has announced that its fifth edition is set to take place from 25-27 March at the Querétaro Centro de Congresos in Mexico. This edition promises to be the largest yet, with an expected attendance of 3,700 visitors and 223 exhibitors. On the exhibition floor, visitors will find the…
Agurotech has raised a new investment of €2.25 million from Navus Ventures, ROM InWest and Rabo Ventures. This funding will enable the Amsterdam-based deep-tech company, a leader in data-driven agriculture, to accelerate its international growth and help make the global food system more future-proof.…
Tosca, a provider of 100% reusable and recyclable plastic packaging and pooling solutions, will participate in Fruit Logistica 2025. Tosca will showcase its comprehensive range of solutions designed to meet the evolving needs of the produce sector. Experts from all regions will be on hand to discuss…
Brainchild Commodity Intelligence (BCI) has been supporting growers in energy trading for over a decade. The Dutch company achieves this by bringing growers directly to the exchange, where most trading occurs these days. BCI closely monitors energy markets for growers, keeping them constantly informed of…
Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new article. The findings show that differences in the dominant grasses and lower species diversity in the Eurasian Steppe grasslands may make it more vulnerable to drought than the North American Great Plains.
New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our seas.
New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our seas.
What do you recommend considering when purchasing vacant land? For example, currently considering a property that has several utility company easements but no utilities/local services, has a natural spring and well, dirt road shared by neighbors, and a decades-long verbal month-to-month lease for livestock grazing. What kinds of questions or investigations would you recommend?
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
Something was happening to the birds at Tiputini. The biodiversity research centre, buried deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has always been special. It is astonishingly remote: a tiny scattering of research cabins in 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) of virgin forest. For scientists, it comes about as close as you can to observing rainforest wildlife in a world untouched by human industry.
Almost every year since his arrival in 2000, ecologist John G Blake had been there to count the birds. Rising before the sun, he would record the density and variety of the dawn chorus. Slowly walking the perimeter of the plots, he noted every species he saw. And for one day every year, he and other researchers would cast huge “mist” nets that caught flying birds in their weave, where they would be counted, untangled and freed.