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Supporting oil palm plantation biodiversity
New research suggests connected areas of high-quality forest running through oil palm plantations could help support increased levels of biodiversity.
Drones to protect coffee plants from fungal disease
A team of UK scientists is researching how to apply drone technology to prevent the spread of a fungal disease which devastates coffee crops.
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Major new project to address trade challenge
The Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York will undertake assessments of trade in agricultural commodities as part of a multi-million pound project led by the United Nations' World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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£10m Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity announced
The Leverhulme Trust Board has announced it will fund up to £10 million over the next 10 years to establish a new centre for research on biodiversity change at the University of York.
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Don’t quibble with a gribble
Scientists studying the digestive system of a curious wood-eating crustacean have discovered it may hold the key to a sustainable method of converting wood into biofuel.
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A health warning
More people are vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change than ever before, according to researchers at the University of York.
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Diseases on the fly
Fruit flies could provide new opportunities for tackling diseases such as malaria and yellow fever, our researchers have found.
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2017
- Saving the Kenyan cloud forests
- Premature deaths linked to ozone air pollution
- York awarded major funding
- Tropical team work
- Breakthrough in fight against neglected tropical disease
- Community workers are the key to improved health in Brazil
- Plants prepare for battle against toxic soil
- Combating global antimicrobial resistance