Towards a National Ecosystem Assessment in Germany

A Plea for a Comprehensive Approach

Publication: Article
Citation: Albert, Christian et. al. 2017: Towards a National Ecosystem Assessment in Germany. A Plea for a Comprehensive Approach. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 26, Number 1, 2017, pp. 27-33(7).

Albert, Christian et. al. 2017: Towards a National Ecosystem Assessment in Germany. A Plea for a Comprehensive Approach. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 26, Number 1, 2017, pp. 27-33(7).

Language: English
Authorship: Mandy Hinzmann
Credits: Contributing Authors:
Junior-Prof. Dr. Christian Albert
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute for Environmental Planning, Hannover, Germany | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Environmental Politics, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Carsten Neßhöver
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Conservation Biology and Science-Policy Expert Group, Leipzig, Germany | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity
Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Matthias Schröter
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Ecosystem Services, Leipzig, Germany | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Heidi Wittmer
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Environmental Politics, Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Dr. Aletta Bonn
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Ecosystem Services, Leipzig, Germany | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute of Ecology, Jena, Germany
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Burkhard
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology, Hannover, Germany | Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
Dr. Jens Dauber
Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Braunschweig, Germany
Dr. Ralf Döring
Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Halle, Germany
Dr. Karsten Grunewald
Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Haase
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Geography, Berlin, Germany |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Economics, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Jennifer Hauck
CoKnow Consulting - Coproducing Knowledge for Sustainability, Jesewitz, Germany
Prof. Dr. Thomas Koellner
University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), Ecological Services, Bayreuth, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tobias Plieninger
University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Sven-Erik Rabe
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS), Institute for Spatial and Landscape Planning, Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Irene Ring
Technische Universität Dresden, International Institute Zittau, Zittau, Germany | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Economics, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Joachim H. Spangenberg
Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research – UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle/Saale, Germany
Dr. Ulrich Stachow
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
Dr. Henry Wüstemann
Technische Universität Berlin, Institute for Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Landscape Economics, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christoph Görg
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna, Austria
Published in: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Published by: oekom verlag, Germany
Year: 2017
Dimension: 7 pp.
ISSN: 0940-5550
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.26.1.8
Keywords: Biodiversity

assessment; biodiversity; ecosystem services; science-policy dialogue; transdisciplinary approach

Germany

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