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New statement by the German Advisory Council of Rural Development (SRLE) at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) on the planned funding cuts in the Joint Task "Improvement of Agricultural Structure and Coastal Protection" (GAK)

GEWISOLA Best Paper Award for their paper on "More Quality of Quantity: Simulation of an Agglomeration Bonus for Habitat Enhancement of Non-Productive Areas from Conditionality and Eco-schemes"

With the Green Deal, the European Commission pursues an ambitious reform agenda. One topic: The Common Agricultural Policy. A new journal article shows to what extent the Commission has been able to influence the latest CAP reform in light of the Green Deal.

On 11 July 2023, Alexandru Brad successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy of Leipzig University.

Tuuli-Marja Kleiner has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board by the board of Tafel Deutschland e.V., the umbrella organization representing over 960 food banks in Germany.

New statement by the German Advisory Council of Rural Development (SRLE) at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) on the Common Agricultural Policy after 2027

The German population regularly expresses a very positive attitude towards biological diversity in nature awareness studies. However, a new statistical method shows that no generalised statements about "the population" can be derived from such studies.

The Board of Trustees of the German Foundation for Engagement and Volunteering (DSEE) has appointed Peter Weingarten to the "Structural Strengthening" Advisory Committee for a further term of office.

On May 11 and 12, 2023, twelve researchers from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany met in Braunschweig to kick off an international research project on the social and political consequences of spatial inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe.

A lot of familiar elements, but also some innovations in the funding landscape from 2023 onwards.