Preserving diversity together

Research contributes to the conservation of biodiversity in many ways. Biodiversity conservation uses monitoring, analyses and models for species protection and ecosystem management. Breeding and reintroduction programmes save fish and vertebrate species threatened with extinction, sustainable agriculture and fewer pesticides promote biodiversity in cultivated landscapes. Biobanks preserve existing diversity by conserving it. Initiatives support a sustainable and diverse society, including human-nature partnerships.

Silvio Hildebrandt & Michael Roth (Dissertation Hildebrandt: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, IÖR and TU Dresden) | The beauty of landscapes is one of the most difficult protected goods in nature conservation to record and evaluate. For the graphic shown here, a large number of randomly selected landscape photos from all over Germany were brought together and around 44,000 subjective assessments of the beauty of the respective landscape sections were analysed in a survey with 3,557 participants and transferred to the total area of Germany. A neural network was used for statistical modelling. | Copyright: IOER, Silvio Hildebrandt
Designing the first partner city with nature - presentation of a role play by the Leibniz Junior Research Group URBNANCE | Copyright: Leibniz Biodiversity & DSMZ, Photographer: Stefan Zeitz
Agricultural robots, such as this one on a ZALF test field, remove weeds purely mechanically and thus make it possible to reduce the use of chemical-synthetic pesticides in agriculture. This protects biodiversity in the agricultural landscape. | Copyright: Kristina Backhaus / ZALF
ZALF's patchCROP landscape laboratory: Smaller field sizes and diversity in cultivation as well as digital tools such as drones and agricultural robots can help to support biodiversity in agriculture. | Copyright: Hendrik Schneider / ZALF
While mobile butterfly species are moving to cooler regions as a result of climate change, more specialised, site-loyal butterflies are trapped in their habitats. In the picture: Marginal Ringed Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria eunomia). Photo: Senckenberg / Schmitt
Insight into the automated ampoule warehouse where the freeze-dried microorganisms are stored. From here, the bioresources are made available to researchers worldwide. | Copyright: DSMZ