{"id":157504,"date":"2023-07-27T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T08:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=157504"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:53","slug":"fallow-biodiversity-behind-the-langeveld-building-is-a-paradise-for-insects-and-native-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/07\/27\/fallow-biodiversity-behind-the-langeveld-building-is-a-paradise-for-insects-and-native-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dusty field of weeds’ behind Langeveld is a paradise for insects and native plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the nature reserves to be found on campus, urban ecologist Garry Bakker’s favourite is an unused, dusty field of weeds. The honey clover and bumblebees in the fallow biodiversity area help keep the city cool.<\/p>\n

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Between the V Building and the Langeveld Building lies a paradise for native insects.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cThis is incredibly beautiful\u201d, says Garry Bakker, ecologist at the Rotterdam Urban Ecology Unit. What to most people is only a dry, weedy scrap of land between the Langeveld building and the V-building, is a verdant paradise to Garry. White honey clover, camomile, ragwort (not to be eaten by humans or animals, as it is highly toxic), creeping thistle, something resembling rapeseed: they are all irresistible to insects.<\/p>\n\n\t

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