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Marine ecosystems consist of ecosystem components (fish, benthos, mammals) that interact in a complex and dynamic way. Models of marine ecosystems are analytic reflections of these ecosystem interacti...
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...cts is reported. Field birds such as the skylark are also declining sharply in rural areas.
Ecosystem services: the services that biodiversity provides us
In recent years, it has been s...
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The ECOSCOPE project aims at improved fisheries management that balances a healthy marine ecosystem with sustainable fisheries.
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...stripping, or demining. But what are the effects of those techniques on the grassland itself and on ecosystem services? Project HERBIOGRAS investigates:1) the feed quality of mowed grass and it...
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Sustainable use and management of marine resources is key for good ecosystem health
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...in order to be able to adjust quickly if necessary.Research approachILVO is building a data ecosystem for food and care, to motivate Flemish companies active in the food and care sector to ...
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...or? The aim is to make a good estimate of the fish populations (stocks), the dynamics of the marine ecosystem, the possible consequences of fisheries management on fish stocks per se and on the mar...
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General introductionWhich ornamental plants can contribute to which ecosystem services (e.g. pollen and/or nectar supply for pollinating insects) and possess which nutritional potential (edible be...
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...ioneering conditions from which natural reefs could develop. These reefs then form the basis for an ecosystem-based coastal protection. Specifically, three bio-builders were engaged:
Marine pla...
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...ioneering conditions from which natural reefs could develop. These reefs then form the basis for an ecosystem-based coastal protection.Specifically, three bio-builders were engaged:...
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...on the plot. In turn, these fringe benefits can increase crop yield.Food forests are human-designed ecosystems based on the example of a natural forest with a wide variety of (usually perennial) pl...
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...distinguish subsystems that are related to each other within large systems. Nature, a society, an ecosystem, the human body, a business or organization, and a family can all be viewed as a system. ...
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...eficial biological synergies and interactions between components of an agricultural ecosystem. In practice, this means a continuous search for the best combinations of techniques and strategies.
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General introductionA monitoring framework around soil ecosystem services was developed here. The framework establishes clear links between the proposed indicators, the three pillars of soil healt...
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...ternative) agricultural management practices is not sufficient to improve soil biodiversity and its ecosystem services. Regional strategies, which take into account local farming systems and ecolog...
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...ate or suppress biodiversity, relationships between key soil organisms and soil structure and other ecosystem functions.
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...d to Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in a marine context with investor perspectives. NbS is part of an ecosystem-based approach to address societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity and ...
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...l the animals in samples of the seabed. This task is crucial for monitoring the health of an entire ecosystem. It currently takes 3 full days to identify the animals in one sample of the seabed. In...
News | 15/06/2020
...nding of effects of offshore wind farms on different spatial and temporal scales, onto a variety of ecosystem components (from seafloor invertebrates over fish to birds and marine mammals) and also...
News | 26/11/2024
This study has the aim to give a description of the ecosystem on and around a nearshore breakwater in Benin (Arrondissement Avlékété). The benthic and fish fauna around the submerged breakwater and a ...
News | 16/10/2023
...tarfish and crabs) and high physical environmental stress (wave action).
Sustainability and ecosystem services built in and monitored
Since the North Sea is among one of the roughest se...
News | 07/02/2020
Possible effects on benthic ecosystems of fishery exclusion, a review in the frame of windmill farms. Partim sand habitats
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ILVO manages and links data in the context of fish stock estimates, management strategies and an ecosystem approach.
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...pay attention to the impact of measures on the entire agri-ecosystem. ILVO does not want to create a new problem by solving another problem. This is only possible if we use a systemic perspective a...
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ILVO manages and links data in the context of fish stock estimates, management strategies and ecosystem approaches.
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... Healthy soils not only lead to healthy and productive crops, they also provide numerous additional ecosystem services such as climate regulation, richer below- and above-ground biodiversity, bette...
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... a few. Marine spatial planners try to coordinate these activities, taking into account the natural ecosystem.
Linked Research projects: Genetic tool for Ecosystem health Assessment in the North Sea region
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...f the various benthic communities in the Belgian part of the North Sea.
Monitoring of the benthic ecosystem to track the ecological status
There is an enormous amount of activity in the Bel...
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...r demonstrator, on open sea fishing, focuses on better monitoring of fish prevalence and the marine ecosystem of the North Sea, improvement of fisheries management via multiple sensors on the ship,...
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...esh vegetables and fish. In the second track, "Atelier Biosystems", participants actively learn how ecosystems and micro-organisms can help to design sustainable systems for own nutrient cycling, w...
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... adapting to climate change, and further, sustainable agricultural production, the provision of ecosystem services, the prevention and restoration of land and soil degradation and the preservation ...