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Forest and floods
September 17, 2024
Forests play an important role in flood protection. They intercept rainfall and the forest floor absorbs a large proportion of the water. However, during extreme weather events such as the current one, forests reach their limits.
The Thünen Institute is expanding its cooperative relationships in spatial research: The Thünen Institutes of Rural Areas and of Rural Economics are now part of the Leibniz R Research Network.
An interdisciplinary research team demonstrated in their new study that harmful phthalates and endocrine disruptors are released from common soft plastic baits
In a recent statement, the German Advisory Council of Rural Development (SRLE) at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture recommends a quick implementation of the recently adopted Federal Government's Democracy Strategy and gives further advice with respect to rural areas.
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Mallast J, Filipiak M, Stichnothe H, Margraf V, Schuster C, Hoffmann M, Monzon O, Ruser R, Klein J, Pamperin H, Rücknagel J, Wetzel S, Klein J, Skodras D (2025) Win-N-DB Thünen [Datenpublikation] [online]. 11PDF-Datei, 1 ACCDB-Datei. Göttingen: OpenAgrar, zu finden in <https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00100182> [zitiert am 30.09.2024], DOI:10.3220/DATA20240927143643-0
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Sulanke E, Rubel V, Berkenhagen J, Bernreuther M, Stoeck T, Simons SL (2025) Amending the European fishing fleet segmentation based on machine learning and multivariate statistics. Fish Res 281:107190, DOI:10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107190
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Ferrante M, Kirsch F, Westphal C (2025) Stable pollinator communities in different white clover populations suggest potential win-win scenarios for crop yield and biodiversity. Agric Ecosyst Environ 378:109295, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2024.109295
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Raue P, Davier Z von (2024) Gender equality in rural development funding : [presented at] EuroRural '24, 8th Moravian Conference on Rural Research "European countryside and de-globalization" ; 2.9.-5.9.2024, Brno [online]. Braunschweig: Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, 16 p, zu finden in <https://www.eler-evaluierung.de/fileadmin/eler2/Publikationen/Vortraege_Poster/Vortraege/2024/Raue_Davier_EuroRural_gender_CAP.pdf> [zitiert am 30.09.2024]
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König N, Krinninger M, Geppert F, Sanders TGM (2024) Messung der nassen Quecksilberdeposition unter dem Kronendach von Wäldern : Vergleich von drei Standorten mit unterschiedlicher Belastung ; Abschlussbericht [online]. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 117 p, Texte UBA 135/2024, zu finden in <https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/messung-der-nassen-quecksilberdeposition-unter-dem> [zitiert am 30.09.2024]
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