Monitoring Biodiversity
To determine whether the 2010-target of halting the loss of biodiversity can be accomplished, sufficient basic data and long-term observations are required.
The UFZ coordinates the German nationwide Butterfly Monitoring.
The photograph shows the butterfly Maniola jurtina.
Photo: Jutta Luft
Various UFZ-projects make their contribution, for example the German nationwide Butterfly Monitoring, which is scientifically coordinated by the Department of Community Ecology and was initiated in 2005 by a campaign in cooperation with BUND and ZDF. Other examples are the search and information system BIOLFLOR – database on biological and ecological traits of the flora of Germany (project in cooperation with BfN - Federal Agency for Nature Conservation) and the EU-funded project EUMON, which collects and evaluates monitoring schemes all over Europe and develops recommendations for their use on an European level (coordinated by the Department of Conservation Biology).
Projects & Contact
Title:
EUMON - European Monitoring Schemata
Department:
Conservation Research
Contact:
Dr. Klaus Henle, Dr. Dirk Schmeller
klaus.henle@ufz.de
Remarks:
EU-project in support of FFH
Title:
TMD - Butterfly-Monitoring Germany
Department:
Community Ecology
Contact:
Elisabeth Kühn, Dr. Reinart Feldmann, PD Dr. Josef Settele
elisabeth.kuehn@ufz.de
reinart.feldmann@ufz.de
josef.settele@ufz.de
Remarks:
Title:
BIOLFLOR - database on biological and ecological traits of the flora of Germany
Department:
Community Ecology
Contact:
Dr. Ingolf Kühn, Dr. Stefan Klotz
ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de
stefan.klotz@ufz.de
Remarks:
Title:
HABEX: continuous research on the impact of extreme flood events of the river Elbe on floodplain habitats
Department:
Conservation research
Contact:
Dr. Judith Gläser, Dr. Christiane Ilg
judith.glaeser@ufz.de
christiane.ilg@ufz.de
Remarks:
Title:
LTER-D - Coordination of Longterm Ecological Research Germany
Department:
Community Ecology
Contact:
Dr. Stefan Klotz
stefan.klotz@ufz.de
Remarks: