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December 18, 2023

Vete-Mari Kuningas: the role of the supervisor in the completion of the academic work is invaluable

In the competition for the best research of students organised by the Estonian Research Council, Vete-Mari Kuningas received the III…

November 29, 2023

Intense land use harms biodiversity and increasingly affects groundwater and agricultural soils

The conference "Agriculture and Environment 2023", organised by the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Research Centre of Organic…

November 24, 2023

At the adaption conference, the focus was on the changing climate

The conference of the Estonian Environmental Law Centre entitled "Time to adapt to climate change, but how?" discussed whether Estonia…

November 6, 2023

A guide to the plants of Estonian heritage meadows has been published

At the initiative of the landscape bidiversity workgroup of the University of Tartu, the book "Plants of Estonian Heritage Meadows"…

October 26, 2023

The annual conference of The Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology provided to the young scientist necessary supportive atmosphere

The Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology (SCAPE) conference in Belgium on 19-22 October, young scientists in particular presented more than…

October 5, 2023

Photo gallery. The fieldwork of landscape ecologists in the picture

A workgroup of scientists from Estonia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden has gathered under the project "Improving the…

September 20, 2023

Marianne Kaldra participated in the AlterNet summer school

PhD student of the Landscape Biodiversity Workgroup Marianne Kaldra participated in the 17th AlterNet summer school in Peyresq, France, from…

September 12, 2023

Write your bachelor's and master's thesis for the Landscape Biodiversity Workgroup!

The Landscape Biodiversity Workgroup, which operates at the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, is looking forward to joining bachelor´s…

August 31, 2023

At the meeting of the COST network Conserve Plants, the challenges of communication activities were focused on

In addition to other topics, the importance and opportunities of Citizen Science were also discussed at the COST network ConservePlants…

June 30, 2023

Maastike elurikkuse töörühma teadlased panustavad elurikka päikesepargi loomisesse

Eestimaa Looduse Fond (ELF) ja taastuvenergia tootja Sunly on sõlminud kokkuleppe ettevõtte Nurme päikesepargi ehitamiseks elurikkuse näidisalana, kus nii rajamisel…

June 27, 2023

It is much more difficult to recognize plants without their flowers, admitted the students

Students’ Science School Taibukad in Viljandi organized a summer camp in Tipu Nature School in the end of June. The…

June 21, 2023

Professor of Restoration Ecology of the University of Tartu and Head of Landscape Biodiversity Workgroup Aveliina Helm to become science adviser to the minister of climate

Professor Aveliina Helm will take up the position of science adviser to the minister of climate, according to a press…

June 21, 2023

New article on the effects of loss of suitable habitats on plants' genetic diversity

An article from University of Tartu Landscape Biodiversity Group titled "Skewed morph ratios lead to lower genetic diversity of the…

June 13, 2023

Farmers were introduced how flower strips are useful for farmlands

On June 13, Kaiu LT and Väätsa Agro visited OÜ Nordic Botanical fields, where the cultivation of Estonian wild plant…

May 9, 2023

Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem multifunctionality

A research paper by Elisabeth Prangel et al. with a title of „Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to…

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