31-July-2026 – Second edition of newsletter the CurveBend Quarterly (CBQ) released in four languages
English, Dutch, Spanish, and Swahili: the second issue of our project newsletter was published on Substack in four languages related to CurveBend. Read the English edition here and subscribe to receive quarterly updates here.
28-May-2026 – First annual report submitted and approved
CurveBend officially turned 1! With the first year of the project behind us, we spent a month putting together the annual report of our work for NWO (Dutch Research Council), which was submitted and approved. The next edition of CBQ will include a recap of the report.
31-March-2026 – First edition of newsletter the CurveBend Quarterly (CBQ) released
The introductory issue of our project newsletter was published on Substack. Read the edition here and subscribe to receive quarterly updates here.
06-March-2026 – NL team field excursion in Spaanwoude and Westzaan
On 5 and 6 March, almost the entire Work Package 1 (WP1 NL) team visited field sites as preparation for upcoming projects and fieldwork. See image here.
8-December-2025 – CurveBend at TAWIRI Conference in Tanzania
From 3-5 December, a group of CurveBend members and affiliates presented research at the TAWIRI Conference in Tanzania. See more here.
30-October-2025 – CurveBend East Africa at MMU Kenya
Maasai Mara University in Narok, Kenya, hosted 20 guests from Work Package 3 during their East Africa field trip in October. Read more here.
29-September-2025 – CurveBend Online
Those new to CurveBend can find us online at curvebend.org, on LinkedIn and Bluesky as CurveBend, and on Instagram as @curvebendproject.
24-June-2025 – The CurveBend Kick-Off
On June 24th, CurveBend ‘kicked-off’ with members from Argentina and Kenya joining their colleagues in the Netherlands for a packed three days of introductions, project planning, and field trips. Dutch cooperation partners joined the festivities on Wednesday at Bezoekerscentrum Reitdiep in Groningen.
1-May-2025 – The CurveBend program has started!
9 PhD students and 2 postdocs have started their jobs. In addition, Lou Kruger-Zwart has been appointed as project manager, to support the project lead Han Olff. Lou can be contacted at curvebend@rug.nl
8-Jan-2025 – Open positions in CurveBend: we are looking for 8 PhD students and 2 postdocs – open for application until 13 feb 2025
Join the CurveBend Project! We’re hiring 8 PhDs and 2 Postdocs to promote biodiversity restoration and a nature-positive future through collective action at the landscape scale in the Netherlands, Argentina, Kenya and Tanzania. Focus is on livestock-dominated landscapes. Excited to make an impact? Contact us now! More details: https://shorturl.at/nOdhb
8-Nov-2024 – CurveBend program funded with 7 million Euro by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)
The funding is linked to the Green Route of the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). The research program will start on 1 April 2025.
Press release by the University of Groningen
Press release by NWO
Coverage by RTV Noord (Dutch)
More information on the NWA
More information on the NWA Green Route