The international organization was founded in 1982 in Piestany (Slovakia), in order to promote the transdisciplinary research and the exchange of experiences in the field of the landscape ecology as the scientific basis for landscape planning and environmental management. It is aspired to a close contact between nature and social sciences as well as to the connection of sciences and practice. On this basis theories, models and empirical data can be combined and united to improve the understanding of landscape, and a sustainable landscape management becomes possible.The young "IALE-regional group Germany" was founded in 1999 in Basel and still looks for engaged members, ideas and load-carrying structures. ... [Information of the supplier]
European landscapes are being reshaped by the growth in renewable energies and the ongoing exploitation of fossil resources such as lignite (brown coal) and shale gas. These forces are at the heart of debates on the assessment, appropriate design and governance of the emerging energy landscapes. European and national policies for energy transitions challenge conventional ways of perceiving and thinking about landscapes as well as established planning routines. Key questions are: Perception – How is the character, perception, assessment and social construction of landscapes influenced by present and past uses of energy? Planning – Which types of landscape-related planning and governance regimes exist and how are they linked to landscape planning, spatial planning and energy policy? Participation – In the face of energy transitions, to what extent are landscape policies inclusive and participatory? Which actors are involved and who is constituted as an actor in this regard? Power – Which power relations shape the interplay of energies and landscapes? How can the workings of power be conceptualised and critically reflected? ... [Information of the supplier]
Wooded rural landscapes are an invaluable natural and cultural legacy of Central and Eastern Europe. A concentration on particular, strictly classified natural sites or plant communities, national and European conservation systems ignores, neglects or undervalues the meta-systems of dynamic rural landscapes dependent on the multiple traditional use of land. Intensive farming and modern forestry, accompanied by the development of conservation models based on segregated land-uses, mean that there are now ‘hard’ boundaries, both philosophically and physically, between spatial units of economic or conservation interest. Despite the increasing knowledge of the role of dynamic processes in the well-being of populations and ecosystems, these boundaries cause substantial reduction of horizontal movements of species. As a result, what had once developed as highly dynamic patchy landscapes, have started to shift towards mostly static and much simplified spatial patterns. In addition, the boundaries discourage researchers from seeing the landscape as a whole; instead, they may concentrate on just what happens inside one patch or type of patch. The conference aims at fostering interdisciplinary discussion and analysis. We seek to encourage the sharing of knowledge from researchers studying wooded rural landscapes and representing from across disciplines: from taxonomy and ecology, from paleo-ecology and environmental history, from ethno-ecology, from spatial planning and landscape architecture, from land use economy involving ecosystem services. We believe such a platform will provide a theoretical foundation for the development of a new management and conservation approach that is essential for sustaining the richness and values of wooded rural landscapes in Central and Eastern Europe. ... [Information of the supplier]
Naturschutz hat Geschichte! Seit fast zweihundert Jahren engagieren sich in Deutschland Personen, Gruppen, Verbände und Institutionen für den Schutz der Natur. Von der Gründung von naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften und Verbänden des Natur- und Heimatschutzes am Ende des 19. Jh. bis hin zu den Diskussionen der Gegenwart um internationale Naturschutznetzwerke und nachhaltiges Nutzen reicht der geschichtliche Bogen des Naturschutzes. Die Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte will die Geschichte der sozialen Bewegung Naturschutz lebendig und wirksam erhalten. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Der Deutsche Naturschutzring (DNR) ist der Dachverband der im Natur- und Umweltschutz tätigen Verbände in Deutschland. Er hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die biologische Vielfalt zu bewahren, den Naturhaushalt und alle seine Bestandteile zu schützen, wiederherzustellen, zu pflegen und zu verbessern und der Zerstörung sowie der Beeinträchtigung von Natur und Umwelt Einhalt zu gebieten. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The World Conservation Union is the world's largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The World Conservation Union is a multicultural, multilingual organization with 1000 staff located in 62 countries. ... [Information of the supplier]
DNL-online is a bibliographical database on nature conservation compiled by the German National Agency for Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN). Currently, about 100.000 citations are available, with publication years starting 1980. The data is based on holdings of the BfN's library as well as its documentation center, and contains all forms of publications; the geographical scope of most titles is Germany / Central Europe. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
Included in the IUCN Red List is the comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of the world's 6,000+ known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians. Here you will find key findings of the assessment, as well as individual species accounts including IUCN Red List threat category, range map, ecology information, and other data for every amphibian species. The first comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of all amphibians was completed as the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) in 2004. Since then the data has been updated in 2006 and again in 2008 to include new information and newly described or revalidated species. The assessment of amphibians is ongoing and relies on the expertise of hundreds of herpetologists from all around the world. Use the search tool at the top of the page to search for amphibians in the IUCN Red List database by name, taxonomy, country, region, habitat type, threat type, or IUCN Red List status. ... [Information of the supplier]
NaturSportInfo is an information system with standardised short abstracts of the literature for the topic area “Effects of Sport and Leisure Time Activities on Flora and Fauna”. (Short abstracts are not, however, available for all titles.). In addition links, definitions, and background information is made available. [Editorial staff vifabio]
The WISIA database, compiled by the Federal Office for Nature Conservation, includes some 10 000 species that are categorised as requiring ‘special’ or ‘strict’ protection under German nature conservation legislation. The protection status and applicable German or EU legislation is provided for each entry. [Information of the supplier]
