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Welcome to the website of the German science-policy platform of biodiversity research!

NeFo was set up to improve the information and knowledge flow between the different research disciplines working on questions concerning biodiversity. Furthermore, Nefo tries to raise the awareness of the value of biodiversity among policy makers and the society, and the important role scientists play to analyse the reasons of changing biodiversity, and to find solutions to conserve biodiversity facing land use, climate change and other threats.

The complexity of biodiversity across scales and the interactions with the socio-cultural sphere requires the combination of knowledge of different disciplines such as ecology, taxonomy, economy, sociology, or medicine. NeFo tries to enhance this exchange and to promote scientific results among policy makers and public media.

This platform is an information desk for scientists working for German institutions, German politics and administration as well as German journalists. That is why you will find most of the content written in German. Nevertheless our team interacts intensively with partners on the international level like EU and UN (CBD). Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Schwerpunktthema Presse

Biodiversität und die Leistungen des Ökosystems Wald

Exportprodukt Deutscher Wald?

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Foto: T. Kleiner/pixelio

Dr. Georg Winkel über die Auswirkungen der Nationalen Waldstrategie 2020 auf die biologische Vielfalt
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English resources

Here you can find some links to interesting publications – most of them in English.

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nefo_nacktHere you can find our flyer in English.

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posi.visionsThink pink – here is the link to the big biodiversity conference positive visions for biodiversity.

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Reports on selected nefo_nackt-Workshops:

Can agrobiodiversity enhance food security facing climate change?

Infectious Diseases and Biodiversity in anthropogenically-altered Water Bodies

NeFo-Expert Profiles

Prof. Dr. Meike Piepenbring
Prof. Dr. Meike Piepenbring
Institution, Ort : Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Biodiversität fasziniert mich ... : weil noch sehr viele Arten schlecht bekannt bzw. völlig unbekannt sind

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"The global challenge to conserve biodiversity is not only a task of policy. Policy needs support - especially from science."

(Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, August 2010)