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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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Strategic Research Areas

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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Welcome message from Thierry Caquet, Environment Scientific Director at INRAE.

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News

21.01.2026

The PEERspectives event on 21 january 2026 will identify critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data that are needed…

Figure: Impacts of fertilization on meal(oid) transfer from soil to wheat in a long-term fertilization experiment. Source: Aleksandra Pienkowska / UFZ
01.12.2025

Plants absorb not only nutrients but also toxic metals such as cadmium through their roots. It was previously unclear…

Honeybee (Apis mellifera), background honecomb. Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ
07.11.2025

Plant protection products protect crops from pests, diseases and weeds. However, many of the fungicides, herbicides and…

27.10.2025

A new JRC study offers three “what-if” scenarios to help inform the policy debate on shaping the future of the EU's…

16.10.2025

The JRC has published a new report on how to achieve healthy and sustainable meals in public institutions, from schools…

08.10.2025

Wildfires burn area larger than Belgium, sending an equivalent of Germany’s annual emissions into the atmosphere.

06.10.2025

Figure: Development of the German Grassland Butterfly Index 2006-2023. The annual index values (points) and the smoothed trend with 95% confidence intervals are shown. Copyright: UFZ
25.09.2025

With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, UFZ scientists are providing important input for the implementation of…