![Soil sampling](/uploads/styles/auto_768/public/2023-07/soil-sampling3.jpg?itok=-73ygG2e)
As a PhD candidate at Naturalis and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), I am exploring measures and crop systems that could make agriculture on peat soils more sustainable. I am especially interested in nature-based solutions that can benefit biodiversity, farmers and the climate.
Keywords
Agroecosystems, biodiversity, ecosystem services, sustainable farming
Researchinterest
Generally, I am interested in working at the interface between nature and society. Researching biodiversity and nature-based solutions in agriculture is a perfect example of that.
- Impact of agricultural practices, such as mowing regimes, tillage and fertilization, on soil and water quality, ecosystem properties and various levels of biodiversity
- Working with nature: soil and water characteristics as guiding principle for choices in agricultural land use
- The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem processes
- Experimental fieldwork in the Polderlab, observational studies in the Living Lab Alblasserwaard
![Ditch between agricultural fields with high abundance of the plant Stratiotes aloides, commonly known as water soldier.](/uploads/styles/16x9_sm/public/2023-07/krabbenscheer.jpg?h=a3cc46fd&itok=4lq0gSCY)