The BIO-Diverse-team looks back on long-term work experience in the field of biodiversity. Under our profiles you will find a list of institutions where we worked before establishing BIO-Diverse, together with a list of our former research and internet projects.
A selection of our references since the foundation of BIO-Diverse (end of 2012):
Research
Biodiversity projects, Reports, Assessments, Information and data retrieval, Interviews, Data elaboration:
- Beratungsgesellschaft NATUR dbR: Lichen monitoring and reports (Taunus, Mainz)
- BION e. V. – Biodiversity in Bonn: Development and implementation of the project “Assessment and analysis of educational offers on biodiversity and ecosystem services in terms of Education for Sustainable Development in the Bonn region (Germany)”, financially supported by the “Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung Nordrhein-Westfalen (SUE)”
- German Council for Land Stewardship (Deutscher Rat für Landespflege – DRL): Co-work in the R&D project “Development of a methodology for assessing expenditures on biodiversity in Germany” on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
- Imperial College, London & UNEP-WCMC: Provision of biodiversity data on epiphytic lichens and bryophytes in montane forest of southern Ecuador within the global modeling projekt “PREDICTS”
- Institut für Naturkunde in Südwestdeutschland: Lichen identification
- SLI – Società Lichenologica Italiana: Ecological studies on lichens in Italy
- Spang. Fischer. Natzschka. GmbH: Lichen monitoring and report (Schwarzwald)
- UNISA (University of South Africa), Pretoria: External supervision of a PhD-work on the lichen diversity of Pretoria
- University of Bayreuth (Mycology): Reserach cooperation on lichenized fungi (lichens)
Communication
Communication projects, Science communication, Public relations, Workshops, Content Management for databases and websites, Text writing, Specialist translations, Environmental education/Education for Sustainable Development (ESD):
- Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium, Staatliche Europa-Schule (Berlin): Design and implementation of a lichen project in Italian language
- BION e. V. – Biodiversity in Bonn: Assessment and analysis of educational offers on biodiversity and ecosystem services in terms of Education for Sustainable Development in the Bonn region (Germany) and implementation of new offers, fincancially supported by the “Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung Nordrhein-Westfalen (SUE)”
- Blog BIO-Diverse: Writing of articles on biological diversity and on projects
- Bonner Umwelt Zeitung (BUZ):Writing of articles on biological diversity and on projects
- BUND Kreisgruppe Bonn: Citizen science-project on neophytes “Erforsche Neophyten mit! – Citizen Science für junge ForscherInnen im Bonner Raum”
- BUND Rhein-Sieg-Kreis: Botanical excursions and courses for the Regionales Wiesen- und Weidenzentrum (RWWZ)
- BUNDjugend NRW: Nature education for refugee children (Arabisch/Deutsch)
- Institut für Biodiversität – Netzwerk e.V. (ibn): Entwicklung von Kommunikationsprojekten; Mitarbeit bei der Durchführung eines BfN-Workshops
- Landesgartenschau Zülpich: Design and implementation of environmental education courses within the “Green Classroom”
- Nature education and education for sustainable development (EDS) for several schools in Bonn and in the Rhein-Sieg-Region
- Naturpark Nordeifel: Interpreting work (Italian/German)
- OIK – Organisation für Internationale Kontakte: Workshop for japanese students (Englisch)
- Project „Einfach ganz ANDERS“: Work as multipliers for education for sustainable development (ESD) at schools; Trainings für multipliers
- Projekt LEADER-Region Eifel: Interpreting and translation work (Italian/German)
- Stiftung Christlich-Soziale Politik e.V. (CSP): Nature education with children
- Umweltbildungszentrum Pleistalwerk, Sankt Augustin: Establishment and content management of a Facebook-Site; nature education courses
- ZB MED Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften: Translation of specialist terms for the thesaurus AGROVOC (AIMS, FAO), entry of taxonomic and trivial names of taxa and ontology work. Trainings on the LIVIVO-Search Portal
- ZDF-Redaktion: Promotion of the nature documentary “Abenteuer Lerchenberg – ein Jahr unter tierischen Kollegen” in Bonn and organization of side events on biodiversity
- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK): Development and programming of interfaces between the morphological description and media database Morph.D.Base and the FREDIE / GBOL portal; Nature education (botany, lichenology) at the taxonomic school of the museum
- Writing of teaching material for nature education, citizen science projects and for education for sustainable development (ESD): Example.