On our own behalf
We mourn the loss of our President Prof Dr Folkhard Isermeyer
15. Januar 2025
The long-standing President of the Thünen Institute passed away on 14 January 2025. We are very sad. Our sympathy goes out to his family.
Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany declined in 2023. However, new data show that emissions from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector are higher than previously assumed.
The German and European food systems are neither healthy nor sustainable. Too many animal-based and too few plant-based products are consumed. A corresponding adjustment of value-added taxes would benefit human health, the environment and the economy.
In a joint paper with the ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, now published in the Journal of Rural Studies, Annett Steinführer, Aura Moldovan, and Joachim Kreis analyse how internal migration patterns in Germany have changed and which reasons are decisive move to rural…
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Astutik S, Ahimbisibwe V, Hintz KS, Purwanto P, Humaedi MA (2025) Medicinal plant production system management in rural Java, Indonesia: Views of local actors from a participatory rural appraisal approach. Forest and Society 9(1):20-47, DOI:10.24259/fs.v9i1.31352
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Muench A, Hayes S, Gill AB, Silva A, Kenny A, Lipsky A, Silva A, Nic Aonghusa C, O'Donnell C, Wood D, Pedreschi D, Udzups D, Dankel D, Bastardie F, Vanaverbeke J, Olsen J, Sá Couto J, van der Reijden K, Hamon K, Stelzenmüller V, et al (2025) Workshop to develop guidelines on how to approach the ecological, economic and social trade-offs between offshore renewable energy developments (wind farms) and fisheries (WKWIND). Copenhagen: ICES, 47 p, ICES Sci Rep 7(8), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.28229543
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Keim-Klärner S, Bernard J, Decker A (2025) How do single mothers evaluate and cope with living in rural peripheries? Insights into the interplay of social and spatial disadvantage. Rural Sociol: Online First, Jan 2025, DOI:10.1111/ruso.12586
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Burghard V, Wende S, Schneck V, Ulrich A (2025) Inoculation of Fraxinus excelsior seedlings with bacterial strains to enhance the tolerance against ash dieback. J Plant Dis Protect 132(1):9, DOI:10.1007/s41348-024-01014-9
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Springmann M, Dinivitzer E, Freund F, Jensen JD, Bouyssou CG (2025) A reform of value-added taxes on foods can have health, environmental and economic benefits in Europe. Nature Food: Online First, Jan 2025, DOI:10.1038/s43016-024-01097-5
