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Older, more diverse, but no longer a CO2 sink
Oktober 08, 2024
The results of the 2022 National Forest Inventory show Forests are becoming more structurally diverse, there are more older trees and more forested areas. However, the average carbon storage capacity of the forest has decreased. Between 2017 and 2022, forests even became a carbon source.
Reducing food waste together: Leading agricultural scientists are also meeting on the margins of the G20 summit to develop strategies against food waste, for example. Support comes from the Thünen Institute.
Increasing drought is threatening harvests, even in our latitudes. Where will plants get water to grow and thrive in the future? From the subsoil, for example. Unused water and nutrient reserves lie dormant there.
In an interview with agrarheute, Andreas Klärner from the Thünen Institute of Rural Studies states: there are regional differences in services of general interest and quality of life, but no fundamental urban-rural divide.
The Thünen Institute.
Research and policy advice on rural areas, agriculture, forests and fisheries.
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Götze H, Buchen-Tschiskale C, Eder L, Pacholski AS (2025) Effects of inhibitors and slit incorporation on NH3 and N2O emission processes after urea application. Agric Ecosyst Environ 378:109307, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2024.109307
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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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Rosenkranz L (2024) Jährliche Abfrage der Forstressorts der Bundesländer zu stillgelegten Waldflächen - 2022 - 2024 [Datenpublikation] [online]. 1 XLSX-Datei. Göttingen: OpenAgrar, zu finden in <https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00099660> [zitiert am 22.10.2024], DOI:10.3220/DATA20240926094051-0
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