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PEER members are dedicated exclusively to environmental research focusing on the interaction between man and the environment and sustainable development.

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PEER combines forces to follow a joint strategy in environmental sciences, to enhance ecological research and to strengthen the knowledge base for the sustainable development.  

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PEER has defined three Strategic Areas for research in our network: Biodiversity, Climate Action and Adaptation as well as Urban Environmental Sustainability.

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The Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana), a butterfly species that has become rarer since 2005. Photo: Elisabeth Rieger
21.03.2025

For 20 years, dedicated volunteers have been active throughout Germany to record the occurrence of these popular…

18.03.2025

Further loss of soil carbon would negatively impact EU climate change mitigation efforts and food security.

12.03.2025

The seabed marine litter pollution in the deep Mediterranean is among the worst in the world.

03.03.2025

It contains twelve pollutants, the impacts of which have been identified as having the possibility for widespread…

03.03.2025

With the right measures in place, the concentration of macroplastics on EU coasts could be reduced by 42% in the next…

03.03.2025

Global warming is bringing the world closer to crossing tipping points, setting a path to events that could permanently…

Figure: spatial distribution of tree species in species-rich tropical forests is highly complex. The figure shows the spatial position, species identity (colour) and size of individual trees in a 500 m × 1000 m study plot on Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
27.02.2025

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology.…

21.02.2025

Thirty four practices have been assessed for their environmental and climate impacts after screening 14,000 scientific…