Over the last 20 years, biodiversity research has been established and shaped as a young interdisciplinary research field. In light of the global biodiversity crisis, however, this research is under pressure related to time and expectations and investments are necessary. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since October 1, 2012, and will become a hub for biodiversity research. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) concentrates expertise across city and state borders, brings together top scientists, connects theoreticians and empiricists of manifold research fields, focuses on theory and synthesis (synthesis centre sDiv), educates a new generation of scientists in transdisciplinary biodiversity research (graduate school yDiv) and communicates the importance of safeguarding biodiversity. ... [Information of the supplier]
The German network for long term ecological research is intended to be a platform for communication, documentation and collaboration of scientists in long-term, system-oriented and interdisciplinary environmental research in Germany. LTER-D is a member in the international umbrella organisation of LTER (ILTER, www.ilternet.edu). It is an open network, which defines itself exclusively by the commitment of the members to their shared goals. Long-term approaches are particularly important in investigations of environmental changes, because such changes usually occur only gradually and with larger temporal fluctuations overlying the trend. Under such circumstances, only an adequately long observation period can be a sound basis to secure results and to support prognoses. The German LTER is still in the starting phase. The first workshop for mutual information and orientation was held in Duderstadt, central Germany, 24-26 March 2004. At this meeting, scientists from the institutions in Germany, which perform long-term ecological research in all relevant ecosystem types from the high mountains to the Wadden Sea, presented their concepts and results. The diversity, quality and potential of German LTER showed up clearly, and in future it will be further augmented by integrating LTER-D into the global ILTER-process. ... [Information of the supplier]
BioLib is non-profit project that can be used as an educational tool. The purpose of this project is to collect biological information and present it to public both professional or just nature lovers. Our first task is to create list of animals, plants and fungi species of Czech Republic, this is about 70 to 90 thousand species. System also contains (or in some cases rather 'will contain') gallery of images connected with records in the species database, database of biological terms, list of literature and links about nature, checklists, language dictionary of species, articles and so on. Project BioLib allows anyone who wants to help to insert data into its databases. After registration the user is allowed to add images, links, write image descriptions, add terms to biological dictionary or texts to species. The submitted data is of course revised before added to database. The purpose of BioLib is to create system that helps people to find as much resources on subject they are interested in as possible, not just in data contained in databases, but also giving them list of links and literature on this subject. ... [Information of the supplier]
The aim of naturgucker.de is to publish in a central location, and for the first time make publicly available, the hundreds of thousands of observations of nature made every year by thousands of naturalists, which have, until now, in many cases remained unused in private archives. Publish your observations of nature here and thereby give nature protection more material with which to argue. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
Offene-Naturführer möchte Naturführer, Bestimmungsschlüssel, sowie dazugehörige Lehr- und Lernmaterialien für Schulen, sekundäre Bildung, Studium und den Naturschutz frei verfügbar machen. Nutzer sollen die Materialien kopieren und verändern dürfen (z. B. um Teilschlüssel/Arbeitsblätter für ihre Region, einen Naturpark oder speziell den Schulgarten anpassen zu können) und sie online oder offline – z. B. auf CD gebrannt oder auf dem Mobiltelefon abgespeichert – nutzen können. Dies wird durch eine offene Lizenz ("Creative Commons") erreicht, die (vergleichbar mit "Open Source Software" wie Linux oder Open Office) eine offene Weiterentwicklung erlaubt. Dieses Portal ist gegenwärtig eine Demo-Seite, die vom EU-Projekt "Key to Nature", dem Bundesamt für Naturschutz - Fachgebiet "Botanischer Artenschutz" (mit Beiträgen aus "FloraWeb"), von der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), dem Deutschen Jugendbund für Naturbeobachtung (DJN) und der Naturkundlichen Gesellschaft (Österreich) betrieben wird. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The Naturkundemuseum Erfurt is now organizing, from 21st to 23rd April 2017, the 6th international and interdisciplinary symposium on "Biodiversity and Natural Heritage in the Himalaya". We will appreciate your participation in this unique worldwide meeting, with a contribution of a talk or a poster. Please also forward this message to other scientists and interested parties. The meeting will have two languages, English and German. We aim once for to host rich and scientifically interesting interdisciplinary programme. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ was established in 1991 and has about 900 employees in Leipzig, Halle/S. and Magdeburg. They study the complex interactions between humans and the environment in cultivated and damaged landscapes. The scientists develop concepts and processes to help secure the natural foundations of human life for future generations. ... [Information of the supplier]
Der schleichende und unbemerkte Verlust an Arten von Tieren, Pflanzen und anderen Organismen durch Umweltzerstörung, Übernutzung, invasive Arten und mangelnde Wertschätzung ist eine globale Katastrophe. Um den Verlust überhaupt bemerken zu können, bedarf es zunächst einer genauen Kenntnis der noch vorhandenen Vielfalt. Genaue Kenntnis kann Schutz- und Nutzungsoptionen eröffnen. Das zuständige biologische Fachgebiet ist die Taxonomie. Es besteht jedoch ein Engpass an taxonomischer Expertise; zu konstatieren ist das Fehlen von ausreichenden taxonomischen Kapazitäten und Kompetenzen, d.h. von Referenz- und Forschungssammlungen, frei zugänglichen Datenbanken mit relevanten Informationen und vor allem von ausgebildeten Fachleuten, also von Taxonomen. Als Folge der Verpflichtungen, die Deutschland mit der Ratifizierung der Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) im Jahre 1993 einging, ist der Staat verantwortlich für einen gut ausgebauten Forschungsbereich der Fachgebiete Taxonomie und Systematik. Die Unterstützung dieses Bereiches ist somit als eine nationale Aufgabe zu betrachten. Starke und bedeutende Stiftungsprofessuren an herausragenden Universitäten sind erforderlich, um eine den neuen Anforderungen gewachsene Taxonomie in die Ausbildung der Studenten einzubringen und damit in ausreichendem Maße aktiven und vorwärtsstrebenden Nachwuchs für dieses Fachgebiet zu rekrutieren. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
In the framework of an initiative to advance biodiversity research in Germany, we will establish three exemplary large-scale and long-term research sites (funded by the German Research Foundation). They are termed Biodiversity Exploratories, in contrast to mainly descriptive observatories. The exploratories will establish and sustain the scientific infrastructure and develop the intellectual framework needed to address critical questions about changes in biodiversity and to evaluate the impacts of those changes for ecosystem processes. Thus, in the exploratories biodiversity and ecosystem research will be merged at a large scale and with a long-term perspective. In this first phase the exploratories will address the relationship between land-use intensity, biodiversity change, and ecosystem functioning for selected taxa. After establishment, these exploratories will also integrate further contributing projects proposed by the German research community. Thus, the biodiversity exploratories will serve as a stimulating research platform for the whole German biodiversity research community. ... [Information of the supplier]
GENRES supports the implementation of the BMELV concept for the conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic resources for food, agriculture and forestry as well as the execution of The National Programmes for Plant, Animal, Forest an Aquatic Genetic Resources. On this basis, GENRES is moving into the direction of a monitoring instrument for these programmes. GENRES serves as the German Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) for genetic resources in food, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). GENRES provides an overview of relevant documents, facts, projects and other measures for the conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic resources for food, agriculture and forestry in Germany, Europe and international. ... [Information of the supplier]
