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Remote Sensing for Urban and Rural Development & Resilience (ReSiDeR) in South Africa (VLIRUOS Community Talks)

📅 Wednesday 26 February 2025 11h00 – 12h00 (CET) Register here What is this Community Talks about? Climate change is hitting both rural 🌾 and urban 🏙️ environments hard. ⚠️Cape Town’s water crisis ...

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Modelling Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current trends and policies implications (VLIRUOS Community talks XL)

What is this Community Talks about? The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 highlighted the critical need for preparedness in responding to future pandemics. Effective disease control relies on the swift and a...

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Multidisciplinary Workshop Water, a Critical Resource

Brussels, Monday 1 December 2025 First Announcement and Call for Contributions Venue: Palais des Académies – Paleis der Academiën Rue Ducale 1 – Hertogsstraat 1 1000 Brussels AIM OF THE THEME DAY Th...

2.4.3 Reduce, prevent and eliminate plastic pollution.

The exponential growth of plastic production and consumption in recent decades has had serious negative impacts on the environment and human health. Plastic pollution has a significant impact on natural habitats and wildlife. The most visible effects...

2.5 Study, monitor and minimise the impact of invasive alien species on biodiversity and ecosystem...

Biological invasions are one of the main causes of species extinction in the world (and in Belgium) after the loss of natural habitats. Organisms can be intentionally or unintentionally introduced by humans outside their natural range. These include...

Target 3: Protect, preserve and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services in Belgium to a...

Healthy ecosystems are necessary if we are to halt biodiversity loss and benefit from the many valuable services they provide. Despite the initiatives already in place, habitats in Belgium are increasingly fragmented and degraded. This situation has...

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Swapping paving for plants - the City of Antwerp regreens through public participation

A common problem in the urban landscape is that of hard, impervious surfaces such as pavements, concrete buildings or asphalt roads, preventing the infiltration of rainwater into the soil. This has th...

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Biodiversity Learning Platform

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

 
 
 

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