Conference: Water History(s) from the Black Forest and the Upper Rhine
From September 30 to October 2 in Schiltach The conference offers interesting and exciting insights into the diverse and often impressive ways in which we deal with our waters.
From September 30 to October 2 in Schiltach The conference offers interesting and exciting insights into the diverse and often impressive ways in which we deal with our waters.
The report on the final evaluation of the special program by the scientific expert committee is now available.
With a joint project, Freiburg Landscape Research supports the action programme for restoration of lakes and ponds in the region of the south-western Prealps, Germany.
Assessing the functionality of buffer zones according to the criteria and goals of the Man and Biosphere - UNESCO-Programme is the aim of a joint project of the Freiburg Landscape Research Institute in cooperation with several partners.
Intensive development and canalization of the River Rhine during previous centuries resulted into severe disconnection of the riparian habitats from the dynamics of the river. An INTERREG-project, started in 2007 in the “Taubergießen” nature reserve, Upper Rhine Valley, aimed on revitalization of the floodplain ecosystem.
In many places, structures in bodies of water are being removed as part of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, including those that could have heritage value.
The scientific expert panel now finalized the evaluation of the biodiversity reinforcement program of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The report (in German) is available for download:
In cooperation with the action program for the restoration of Upper Swabian lakes and ponds, Landespflege Freiburg has launched a project in the field of water protection and biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes.
Culterra Volume 68 presents the results of the R+D project “Compensation measures in forests”.
Zoning the area of a reserve into core, buffer, and development compartments is a basic concept of the UNESCO programme on Man and Biosphere (MAB). Specific management objectives are implicit to the zonation types each. Buffer zones are meant to mitigate deliberating impacts on the preserves’ core zones.
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Can profitable land use going along with securing biodiversity for future generations? This central question is relevant also for the recently established Black Forest Biosphere Reserve.
Are Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) tree cavities an answer to depredation risk? A new study underlines the importance of old beech forest habitats concerning biodiversity
Agroforestry systems can reduce erosion and nutrient loss and can improve soil quality. So why are those systems not cultivated on a larger scale?
Supported by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) the Landespflege Freiburg strives for the cooperation with an expert panel in order to improve measures to reduce nutrient discharge to rivers and lakes within agricultural landscapes.
A cool reception. Eurasian beavers returning to Western European Landscapes frequently trigger human-wildlife conflicts. Landespflege Freiburg researcher in dialog with BWagrar.