BIDR Connect
From the Desert for the World
The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies
The effects of noise pollution generated by wind turbines on song-birds at migratory stopover sites
The top two winners of the student lecture competition at the Israeli Environmental Conference 2019, held at Tel Aviv University last week, are both from the Blaustein Institutes for Scientific Research, BGU
Dedication Ceremony Marking the installation of Prof. Sidney Loeb Archive
BIDR researchers and students investigate ways to meet global challenges related to food security, water scarcity and clean energy.
Our mission is to combat desertification and facing global challenges by bringing together water, food, energy, and environmental research.
Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies: 250 students from 20 countries, 700 alumni from 45 countries.
By 2050, there will be 9 billion people in the world. The farmland needed to feed them lies in arid and semi-arid regions.
41% of Earth’s landmass is Drylands, and is home to more than 2 billion people.
Water is one of the earth’s most crucial resources, but it is finite.
