As part of recent workshops related to the impacts of nitrogen in the environment we have been discussing the possibilities for us personally to take action in reducing these impacts.

Food is a recurring theme, and based on this, the attached declaration was drafted.  We plan to publicly launch it this week, associated with the Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen meeting in the Netherlands, which is currently in the process of establishing an Expert Panel on Nitrogen and Food.

Please read the declaration: You can also find it as attachment below (pdf format)

Your comments are welcome, plus let us know if you agree to sign it (which can also be done at Barsac-text).

In the last year five workshops in the context of the European Nitrogen Assessment were organised. The European Nitrogen Assessment (or in short ENA) will be the major outcome of the NinE programme. Information about the structure of the ENA can be found here, while an outline of the ENA can be found here.

You are invited to get involved in the ENA process. As a start, please register to this site. During the login procedure, check the ENA-group option. You will then get access to a restricted ENA area on this site. More information about the future workshops will also become available via that area.

At the COP15 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Copenhagen 7-18 December) a Nitrogen Side Event will be organised, hosted at The Bella Center. The event has the title: "Options for including nitrogen mangement in Climate Policy Development" and will take place at the U.S. Center (Hall C5) on December 7 (18.00 - 19.00). 

You are all invited to apply for a NinE travel grant. These travel grants are possible for Short Visits (up to 15 days) and Exchange Visits (up to 6 months).  

The purpose of Travel Grants offered by NinE is to encourage networking between scientists with a focus on developing an integrated quantification of nitrogen fluxes in Europe. To be considered suitable for funding, applications should match one or more of the Programme’s objectives. 

In October 2007 during the successful 4th Nitrogen 2007 Conference in Brazil, the Nitrogen Visualisation was presented.

All participants were challenged to become the best global nitrogen manager using the Visualisation tool and earn free entrance to the next Nitrogen Conference (room, boarding and registration, travel costs not included) to be organized in New Delhi (India) in 2010. The contest is closed now and the winner will be presented shortly. 

We want to make a first attempt to get a database compiled of everybody involved in Nitrogen related activities. This database will contain information about persons, institutes, fields of expertise and networks and will be extended in the future. In order to search the database your have to register to this site and fill in your own profile.

If you have any interest in other activities going on in the field of nitrogen don't hesitate to register, fill in your profile. In this way you may find others working in the large world of nitrogen and others may find you.