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Warum Moore so wichtig sind – zehn Fakten, die ihr kennen solltet

Moore sind unscheinbare Landschaften – und doch gehören sie zu den faszinierendsten und wichtigsten Ökosystemen der Erde. In Deutschland sind intakte Moore selten geworden. Die Bedeutung aller...

Katrin Böhning-Gaese on agriculture and nature conservation and why a change in land use is inevitable

Land use in transition: between biodiversity and yield

A field with trees in the background

Land-saving or land-sharing? How can nature conservation and food production be reconciled? And what is actually behind the term “land transition”? We talked to Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese...

How smart technology is helping to breed robust plant varieties for the future

Combating climate stress with high-tech

Modern plant research today uses high-tech methods to develop new, robust varieties that are better able to cope with climate changes such as heat, drought or nutrient deficiency. It is important...

How soil protection is becoming a human task

A crisis beneath our feet

Soil is a vital resource: it forms the basis for human nutrition and provides a habitat for more than half of the world's biodiversity. However, healthy soil is becoming increasingly scarce. Find...

Inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

A Safe Haven for the World's Seeds

Carved deep into a mountain on the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard lies one of humanity’s most extraordinary efforts to secure the future of life on Earth – the Svalbard Global Seed...

What grows in Superland?

The flower of an amaranth plant

Whether it's the original tomato, crab apple or amaranth - there is great potential in old varieties and underutilized plants. They bring diversity to our fields and plates and could secure the...