Agriculture 2019.03.13 Report: Despite being skilled producers, Danish farmers face poorer conditions than their European counterparts Danish farmers are good at exploiting their productive potential, but higher production costs make it difficult for them to compete with other EU nations. This, according to a number of conclusions in a University of…
Ecosystem 2019.03.12 When development and conservation clash in the Serengeti New or upgraded roads in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem around Serengeti National Park will not reduce growing pressure on the ecosystem, a study shows.
2019.03.04 VIDEO: New UCPH led Danida project to investigate resilience and land rights in Kenya Danida has published a video about the new SCIENCE led research project “RARE”. The project "Rights and Resilience in Kenya" (RARE) is led by SCIENCE at UCPH. The development objective of RARE is "to ensure secure and…
REDD+ 2019.02.11 A critical evaluation of REDD+ in Vietnam and Indonesia Three studies indicate several challenges for REDD+ to fulfil the donor expectations, and the initial optimism towards this governance model.
Web 2019.02.01 Center for Blockchains and Electronic Markets (BCM) will explore Web 3.0 Carlsbergfondet have granted DKK 17m to the center, which will explore the new Web 3.0 infrastructure and study design of secure and economically sound markets that ensure efficiency and fairness in a new decentralised…
Prize 2019.01.18 MSc Thesis written at IFRO receives Prize for Excellent Master Theses The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) awarded Christian Stetter the 'Prize for Excellent Master Theses' for his thesis 'Measuring the effects of Agricultural Subsidies on Production Decisions: An Application to…
Award 2019.01.03 Arne Henningsen received the 2017 Referee Award, ERAE Arne Henningsen, associate professor, University of Copenhagen, received the award as a recognition of his dedicated work as a referee for the prestigious journal European Review of Agricultural Economics.
Climate change adaption 2018.12.14 New joint research effort on climate change adaptation While the UN climate negotiations get underway in Poland, a new collaborative research effort has kicked off. The Rights and Resilience project – also known as RARE – will investigate the little studied connections…
Books 2018.12.03 Christmas gift ideas: Books with a touch of IFRO Looking for the perfect gift for the nature lover, the critical thinker, the friend with an interest in economics or the book worm with a love of reserach? Search no more. IFRO researchers got you covered.
Biodiversity 2018.11.27 Natural habitats larger than Greece created to offset economic developments New data presented in a study published in 'Nature Sustainability' has found that natural habitats occupying an area larger than Greece have been created to offset economic developments. This data could eventually…