Professor Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
Prof. dr. Bas Arts (1961) is Chair of the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy group at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, since 2006. He holds an MSC in Biology (Major: Forest Ecology, 1987) and a PhD in Public Administration and the Policy Sciences (Topic: international negotiations on biodiversity, forests and climate change, 1998). His main research interests are in the fields of international environmental governance, local natural resource management and their interconnections (‘global-local nexus’). His work includes academic research, interdisciplinary studies, scenario development with stakeholders and policy advice. Arts (co)produced over 150 academic publications, including journal papers, books, chapters, edited volumes, and research reports.
This morning, Wageningen UR presented itself at the Dutch Climate House at COP21. Unfortunately, our Chair of the Board of Directors, Louise Fresco, who was supposed to open and introduce the meeting, could not make it, due to severe delays of the Thalys between Brussels and Paris yesterday. All the…
Had a special meeting at Place d’Anvers, near the Sacré-Coeur, last night. I went to have dinner with two students from the ‘green office’ of Wageningen University (and one student is the son of good friends of mine, which made it even more special). They are here in Paris to…
Last night I woke up because of a huge bang. Immediately I sat upright in my bed. A bang in Paris cannot mean anything good in this day and age. Tensely I listened to what would follow: screaming, or not, sirens, or not. It remained awfully silent. After a few…
Paris lives and shivers (a little). At first the state of emergency is barely noticed. However, when talking to people they say they feel ‘different’. For me it was different as well, the trip from Gare du Nord to the city centre I felt a bit more tensed than other…