News and Events for Researchers

21.11.2022

Online webinar presented by the French UN Mission to Rome on 23. Nov. 12.30-15.00 CET.

21.11.2022

Uncareful expansion of the renewable energy production systems risks to counter the goal to protect and restore…

Deforestation in a tropical rainforest to make way for palm oil plantations Photo: Adobe stock / whitcomberd
11.11.2022

The conversion of natural forests and grasslands to intensive agriculture and livestock is the biggest cause of global…

Photo: Adobe.stock.com - Ilham
10.11.2022

Carbon dioxide can be removed from the atmosphere by natural or technical means. Natural sinks such as peatlands can be…

Sheeps grazing on grassland t the UFZ research station in Bad Lauschstädt, Germany. Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ
04.11.2022

Field experiment shows that competition for light is the key mechanism driving loss of plant diversity under…

02.11.2022

Communication is everything - and that applies for algae, too. However, their chemical language and its significance in…

02.11.2022

Did you miss the PEER Webinar "Biodiversity Restoration: How can we quantify biodiversity commitment"? No worries, you…

31.10.2022

A first-ever assessment at European scale combines the threat of water, wind, tillage and harvesting to reveal the…

Bees are often exposed to multiple pesticides in nature. Photo: Uni Halle / Markus Scholz
26.10.2022

Insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor can have devastating effects on honey bee health. The substances…

Test site in Ukulinga / Südafrika Photo: Kevin Kirkman
26.10.2022

With high nutrient inputs in grasslands, more plant species get lost over longer periods of time than new ones can…