"We should not fight nature but join forces"
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
Join forces with nature. This should be our land use and coastal and river management strategy. We should not fight nature, but use its power. It is only in this way that we can provide a growing global population with food, energy and a safe place to live while using the earth's surface both intensively and sustainably, said Professor Jakob Wallinga on assuming the chair of Soil Geography and Landscape at Wageningen University.