German biodiversity assessment goes below ground
We are living in times of rapid change and multiple crises. One of the most concerning is the biodiversity crisis. This refers to the global loss of biological diversity caused by us humans: the disappearance of habitats, the rapid change in biotic communities, the shrinking of animal and plant pop...
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
2025-04-01
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We are living in times of rapid change and multiple crises. One of the most concerning is the biodiversity crisis. This refers to the global loss of biological diversity caused by us humans: the disappearance of habitats, the rapid change in biotic communities, the shrinking of animal and plant populations, their genetic impoverishment and ultimately their extinction. As a consequence, the functioning and service provisioning of ecosystems also change, often for the worse. These interrelationships were impressively summarised for our planet in the report of the World Biodiversity Council (IPBES 2019). But how does the biodiversity crisis manifest itself in Germany and what are the reasons for these changes? What are the consequences for our ecosystems and thus for our livelihoods? What about our efforts to protect and promote biodiversity? And what are our options to raise awareness and thus to initiate a transformation to an economy with and for biodiversity?
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| spelling | doaj-art-4f6c62476e3d4f5eb0122b39e053fdc82025-08-20T03:18:05ZengSenckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungSoil Organisms1864-64172509-95232025-04-0197110.25674/465German biodiversity assessment goes below groundChristian Wirth0Helge Bruelheide1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3135-0356Nina Farwig2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0554-5128Jori Marx3Julia S. Ellerbrok4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1109-6947Josef Settele5German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany ; Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, GermanyConservation Ecology, University of Marburg, Marburg, GermanySystematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Leipzig, GermanyConservation Ecology, University of Marburg, Marburg, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Halle, Germany We are living in times of rapid change and multiple crises. One of the most concerning is the biodiversity crisis. This refers to the global loss of biological diversity caused by us humans: the disappearance of habitats, the rapid change in biotic communities, the shrinking of animal and plant populations, their genetic impoverishment and ultimately their extinction. As a consequence, the functioning and service provisioning of ecosystems also change, often for the worse. These interrelationships were impressively summarised for our planet in the report of the World Biodiversity Council (IPBES 2019). But how does the biodiversity crisis manifest itself in Germany and what are the reasons for these changes? What are the consequences for our ecosystems and thus for our livelihoods? What about our efforts to protect and promote biodiversity? And what are our options to raise awareness and thus to initiate a transformation to an economy with and for biodiversity? https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/465 |
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