Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 3

In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 3 is all about the students Priscilla and Julian who tell us about their bat conservation efforts in agroecosystems such as banana plantations.

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Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 2

In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 2 is all about his host Clemens Ruepert who is an experienced environmental analytical chemist at the Regional Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances of the National University of Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 1

In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 1 is all about his first impressions and what he learned about pesticide use on tropical crops such as the bananas that get shipped to Germany. Continue reading

A look at River Rhine ecology and risks – German/French SERIOR event on March 22

The German/French Graduate Academy “Security-Risk-Orientation” (SERIOR) is hosting a bilingual event “Rheingold oder Source de risque” to look at the River Rhine from a societal, economic and ecological perspective in Landau on 22 March 2018.

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