Published 21 March 2018 Mark Brady, Cecilia Larsson and Ida Nordin from CEC and AgriFood have, at the invitation of the European Commission, participated in a Civil Dialogue Group meeting in Brussels. On the agenda was the European Commission's first draft for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy, The Future of Food and Farming, which was published in November. The background to AgriFood’s and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-participated-dialogue-brussels - 2025-01-08

Published 26 March 2018 Lund University and the Simrishamn Municipality have received funding from Region Skåne to start a new research and innovation environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn. The aim is to study and solve environmental problems and societal challenges linked to the sea, water and coastal areas of Skåne and southern Sweden. The southern Baltic Sea and the Hanö Bay are locate

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-research-initiative-will-address-environmental-problems-baltic-sea-region-hano-bay - 2025-01-08

Published 5 April 2018 Photo: Albin Andersson The report "Collective implementation of ecological focus areas" evaluating effects on ecosystem services, agriculture and administration is now available in English. Ecosystem services are fundamental to the welfare of mankind, yet these services are often invisible in many social decisions. The report  "Collective implementation of ecological focus a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/report-about-ecological-focus-areas - 2025-01-08

Published 13 April 2018 Sown flower strips of clover. Photo: Maj Rundlöf. Many pollinating insects benefit from a small-scale agricultural landscape with pastures, meadows and other unploughed environments. In landscapes dominated by arable land, they lack both food and nesting places. Sown flower strips can increase the availability of food for pollinating insects, and are therefore assumed to be

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sowing-strips-flowering-plants-has-limited-effect-pollination - 2025-01-08

Published 20 April 2018 Agriculture and forestry are two sectors that are often considered separately. In fact, they are closely connected. Both from an ecological and an economic perspective, they must be considered together”, says Professor Yann Clough. Photo: Kennet Ruona Research and society in close cooperation: that is the basis for Farm2Forest, a project aiming to produce evidence guiding S

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/farm2forest-sustainable-agriculture-biobased-future - 2025-01-08

Published 27 April 2018 The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees. The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations today, is expected to come into force by the end of 2018 and will mean these insecticides can only be used in closed greenhouses.This ban on three main neonicotinoids has widespread public as

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eu-agrees-ban-use-neonicotinoids - 2025-01-08

Published 25 May 2018 CEC's Hampus Nilsson describes his journey towards doing research on nature-based solutions and multiple ecosystem services in cities. Hampus Nilsson was honored by the Swedish Hydrological Council with the award of best master thesis within hydrology. In a blog post at the Swedish Water House, SIWI, he describes his journey from being a student in technical mathematics at th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-become-researcher - 2025-01-08

Published 30 May 2018 Researchers from the CEC comments climate change and risk management on Swedish national radio. Johanna Alkan Olsson answers questions regarding if there is a connection between climate change and the nice spring weather in Sweden this year.Listen to the interview with Johanna on sverigesradio.se.Ullrika Sahlin answers questions about risk management in research.Listen to the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-swedish-national-radio - 2025-01-08

Published 4 June 2018 The CEC and Lund University is part of the core team for Climate-KIC's latest Flagship programme, eCircular, aiming to crack down on plastic waste and radically reduce the use of plastic materials. The project eCircular aims to explore and use innovative digital tools to improve plastics waste prevention. This can, for example, include blockchain solutions for improved market

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/catalysing-switch-circular-economy-through-plastic-waste-prevention - 2025-01-08

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 19 June 2018 While attending the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology organized by the Society for Conservation Biology last week in Jyväskylä, Finland, CEC's Lovisa Nilsson was awarded First Place for her outstanding student poster. Lovisa has studied annual flower strips used to compensate for biodiversity losses in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lovisa-nilsson-awarded-outstanding-student-poster - 2025-01-08

Published 10 August 2018 Photo: Johan Ekroos The COST project has been studying if there is any difference in biodiversity found at organic and conventional farms. Some of our colleagues at the CEC have spent summer doing fieldwork studying bumblebees. Romain Carrié and others from the COST project have collected pollen from bumblebees and surveyed flower resources at 19 different farms in Skåne.–

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/field-study-biodiversity - 2025-01-08

Published 16 August 2018 The CEC has produced a new report evaluating analyses and data collection of winter loss in honeybees in Sweden. Swedish beekeeping rely on the health of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Loss of colonies during winter is an indicator of poor honey bee health.This report evaluates current data collection of winter loss in honey bees in Sweden, with the purpose to give recommen

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/winter-loss-honey-bees-sweden - 2025-01-08

Published 5 September 2018 ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school that promotes young scientists to engage in interdisciplinary research on climate, earth system and society in a changing world. The annual summer meeting was held August 29–30 in Höllviken, with the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’. Inspiring talks by Terese Thoni (CEC, Lund University), Åsa Kasimir

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eye-opening-discussions-phd-students - 2025-01-08

Published 2 September 2015 On 27 August, Sydsvenskan and Skånska Dagbladet published articles covering the IIIEE 20th Anniversary Conference.

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Published 2 September 2015 Today, on 26 August the IIIEE 20 th Anniversary Conference kicks off, celebrating 20 years of education and research. For programme and further information, please visit IIIEE20 Anniversary Conference

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-20th-anniversary-conference - 2025-01-08

Published 24 January 2020 A day that encourages a more responsible approach to electronic goods. On 24 January is Circular Electronics Day. It is a day that aims to encourage organizations and consumers to take a more responsible approach to the electronic goods they use.The IIIEE together with several organisations stand behind the initiative: Chalmers Industriteknik, Dustin, European Environment

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-calls-sustainable-action-circular-electronics-day - 2025-01-08

Published 27 January 2020 Listen to our newest podcast episode! A tree is so much more than just a tree! Trees provide habitat to support biodiversity, remove carbon dioxide and particulate matter from our air, cool our cities during summers, and inspire enjoyment by all.A tree planted deliberately to provide any of these services is considered a nature-based solution. In this episode, we present

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/its-not-just-tree-story-about-nature-based-solutions - 2025-01-08

Published 30 January 2020 Leonidas Milios Awarded the 'Excellence in Review Award 2019' PhD candidate Leonidas Milios received the Excellence in Review Award 2019 from the interdisciplinary journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling (IF 7.044).The journal presented the annual Excellence in Review Awards to recognize exceptional reviewers who provided timely and constructive review services to t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-leonidas-milios-recognised-excellence-scientific-peer-reviewing - 2025-01-08

Published 25 February 2020 Julia Nussholz defends her doctoral dissertation on "Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and Materials" On 6 March 2020, PhD candidate Julia Nussholz will defend her doctoral dissertation with the title: Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and MaterialsThe opponent wil

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Published 26 February 2020 Nature-based solutions for innovation and sustainability As we come to the end of our inaugural session (5 weeks in duration) for the Urban Nature MOOC, we just wanted to give a quick update. So far we have had 64,000 page views, 9,000 unique visitors and 2,000 enrolments. The compendium has been downloaded some 3,800 times. We get continuous feedback from participants.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-nature-mooc-flying-start - 2025-01-08