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City frustration? Country lust?
March 02, 2023
For years, rural areas lost people to the big cities. In the meantime, the migration movement looks different: More and more city dwellers are moving to rural areas. Is this the turnaround? And did Lockdown and Co. trigger the trend during the Corona pandemic? Our fact check.

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.

The headquarters of the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig, the Thünen BVL Campus, is a place with a chequered past. A newly published book by historian Daniel Jankowski now provides information about the history of this research location.

German research team reveals the molecular basis of the fight between English oaks and their herbivores.
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Mehl P, Kordel S, Meschter D, Schneider H, Spenger D, Weidinger T (2023) Alltagsmobilität und Erreichbarkeit: Schlüsselfaktoren für Teilhabechancen und Bleibeorientierungen der Geflüchteten in ländlichen Regionen. In: Mehl P, Fick J, Glorius B, Kordel S, Schammann H (eds) Geflüchtete in ländlichen Regionen Deutschlands. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp 161-190, DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-36689-6_7
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Zubizarreta M, Arana-Landin G, Wolff S, Egiluz Z (2023) Assessing the economic impacts of forest certification in Spain: a longitudinal study. Ecol Econ 204, Part A:107630, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107630
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Kordel S, Gasch S, Glorius B, Mehl P, Osigus T, Schammann H, Schneider H, Spenger D, Weidinger T, Younso C (2023) Bleibeorientierung Geflüchteter, die Rolle der Aufnahmegesellschaft und Haltestrategien der Lokalpolitik. In: Mehl P, Fick J, Glorius B, Kordel S, Schammann H (eds) Geflüchtete in ländlichen Regionen Deutschlands. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp 127-159, DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-36689-6_6
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Haeler E, Bolte A, Buchacher R, Hänninen H, Jandl R, Juutinen A, Kuhlmey K, Kurttila M, Lidestav G, Mäkipää R, Rosenkranz L, Triplat M, Vilhar U, Westin K, Schueler S (2023) Forest subsidy distribution in five European countries. Forest Pol Econ 146:102882, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102882
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Westin K, Bolte A, Haeler E, Haltia E, Jandl R, Juutinen A, Kuhlmey K, Lidestav G, Mäkipää R, Rosenkranz L, Triplat M, Skudnik M, Vilhar U, Schüler S (2023) Forest values and application of different management activities among small-scale forest owners in five EU countries. Forest Pol Econ 146:102881, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102881