Utrecht University Botanic Gardens

Scientists at Utrecht University are studying the causes of biodiversity loss, and the possibilities for bending the curve.

Every year, more than a quarter of all harvests worldwide is lost due to diseases and plagues. The question of how plants can protect themselves against this leads Spinoza laureate Corné Pieterse to the most basic fundamentals of plant life.

There is hope for conservationists in the Amazon: if you protect carbon-rich forests, you can protect the tree biodiversity at the same time.