Dr. Heidi Wittmer
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
Working Group Governance & Institutions
UFZ Science-Policy Expert Group
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1629
fax: ++49 - 341 - 235 45 1629
heidi.wittmer@ufz.de

Curriculum Vitae
since 2010
deputy head of the Department of Environmental Politics
since 2004
senior researcher at UFZ
2001 - 2003
post-doc researcher at UFZ
2000
consultancy for the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
1999 - 2001
senior researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Göttingen
1995 - 1998
Ph D. in Socio-economics of rural development, University of Göttingen
1994
economist, Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO, Rome
1990 - 1993
DAAD-long term lecturer Univ. of Tunja in Colombia
1983 - 1989
Agricultural Sciences: B.Sc. (1985 Univ. Gießen) M.Sc. (1989 TU-Berlin)
Completed Projects
Memberships
Workshops Organised
- Governance of Natural Resources in a Multi-Level Context, final conference of the GoverNat project, 20.-22.1.2010, Leipzig, Germany
- International Science-Policy Interfaces for Biodiversity Governance, international workshop, 2.-4.10.2006, UFZ Leipzig
- New Strategies for Solving Environmental Conflicts: Potentials for Combining Participation and Multicriteria Analysis, Summersymposium, 26.-28.6.2002, UFZ Leipzig
- EU INCO-DEV International Workshop: Policy Options for the Sustainable Use of Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems, 19.-22.6.2000, Mombasa, Kenya
Teaching Experiences
- 1990-98 a total of 25 lectures, seminars and workshops at universities, public administrations and non-governmental organisations covering: participatory methods in rural development, empirical social research, 'Farming Systems Development', agricultural economics and marketing, natural resource management
- 2000 'learning cabinet' for interdisciplinary communication between natural social and legal sciences
Publications
The value of nature for economy and society : a synthesis of Natural Capital Germany - TEEB DE
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, 130 pp.
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Werte der Natur aufzeigen und in Entscheidungen integrieren : eine Synthese. Naturkapital Deutschland – TEEB DE
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 134 S.
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Caring for nature matters: a relational approach for understanding nature’s contributions to human well-being
Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 35 , 22 - 29
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Science-policy interfaces for biodiversity: dynamic learning environments for successful impact
Biodivers. Conserv. 27 (7), 1679 - 1702
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Towards a National Ecosystem Assessment in Germany: a plea for a comprehensive approach
GAIA 26 (1), 27 - 33
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Sustainable financing for biodiversity conservation – a review of experiences in German development cooperation
UFZ discussion papers 1/2017
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 143 pp.
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Biodiversity, ecosystems and human health: a complicated but important science policy challenge
In: Morand, S., Lajaunie, C., Satrawaha, R., (eds.)
Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia: Challenges in a changing environment
Earthscan Conservation and Development
CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, p. 250 - 280
The science, policy and practice of nature-based solutions: An interdisciplinary perspective
Sci. Total Environ. 579 , 1215 - 1227
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Valuing nature’s contributions to people: the IPBES approach
Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 26–27 , 7 - 16
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