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Professor Pippa Chapman and Professor Joseph Holden have been appointed UK Freshwater Quality Champions by the NERC

NERC appoints new UK Freshwater Quality Champions for five-year programme

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has appointed Freshwater Quality Champions to lead a new programme that will study the water quality of UK rivers.

Prof Corneille Ewango of the University of Kisangani, DRC, takes notes in a peat swamp forest along the Ikelemba River in DRC.

True size of world's largest tropical peatland revealed for the first time

A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.

Modelling policy impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity: The BESTMAP Summer School

Behavioural Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy (BESTMAP) starts its first summer school on modelling policy impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity.

Field with cows and wind turbines in the background

Creating a net zero journey from farm to fork

A novel research network aims move the country’s agri-food industry closer to net zero emissions, enabling the UK to meet its 2050 emissions target.

Scientists in a cornfield - - FSNet Fellows visit the environmental observatory on the university farm.

Building globally sustainable food systems

Fellows from six African countries this week joined colleagues at Leeds to strengthen networks and build research and leadership skills, helping to bring sustainable change in African food systems.