en: Press Releases 2023

In the discussion about climate change mitigation, technical terms are not always used correctly. This can have unintended consequences.

Measures to build up soil carbon can reduce the loss of soil carbon (reduced CO₂ emission) or cause sequestration (negative CO₂ emission, i.e. increase in soil carbon content).

Bird populations benefit significantly from agricultural fallows, especially in landscapes with medium structural complexity

Eine singende Grauammer in einer blühenden Brachfläche.

The Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems publishes for the first time national forest maps of Germany based on current satellite imagery and terrestrial data from the 2012 National Forest Inventory.

Kartenausschnitte zum bestockten Holzboden (links; grüne Flächen) und zu den dominierenden Baumarten (rechts) mit Übersicht der kartierten Baumartengruppen (rechts; bunte Flächen)..

German research team reveals the molecular basis of the fight between English oaks and their herbivores

Dreiteiliges Bild. Fotos A und B zeigen Eichenwicklerraupen auf Eichenblättern, Foto C mehr oder minder kahlgefressene Eichen.

Press Releases 2023

Soil carbon build-up = climate change mitigation? This formula is too simple

Fallow land promotes biodiversity

Forests mapped from space

Bitter substances spoil the appetite of oak moth caterpillars

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute

Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries