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With more than 70 options for action, the IPBES presents its most comprehensive report to date on the links between biodiversity, water, food and health to advise political decision-makers. Expertise also comes from the Thünen Institute of Biodiversity.

A diagram with grey, white and coloured boxes, with arrows between them. In the background is a meadow with poppies, and hedges and trees can also be seen.

The Thünen Institute now has its own landscape laboratory, starting out with nine experimental fields. At the Trenthorst site (Schleswig-Holstein), models for future land use are being developed, researched, and tested on an area of 600 hectares. The researchers aim to overcome traditional forms of…

A person stands next to a young tree in front of a cow pasture, watching curiously.

From 20 June to 3 July 2025, citizens can once again observe, identify and report bumblebees using an app - an important contribution to the protection of biodiversity. The campaign is organised by the Wild Bee Monitoring in Agricultural Landscapes at the Thünen Institute and the Bavarian branch of…

A bumblebee with a furry upper body and a slender hind body sits on a purple flower.

Limestone quarries are important habitats, especially for endangered wild bee species. This was discovered by researchers from the Thünen Institute, the University of Göttingen and NABU in the Göttingen region.