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 expert reports (Taunus, Mainz)
- BION e. V. – Biodiversity in Bonn: Concept for and implementation of the project “Assessment of education 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)”; publication as pdf
- 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)
- German Council for Land Stewardship (Deutscher Rat für Landespflege – DRL): Co-work in the project “Civic involvment in public green areas”, supported by 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 Biodiversität – Netzwerk e.V. (ibn): Co-work in “Case study – “How would the Three Conditions-Approach work for the German National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)?”, supported by the Harvey Locke Conservation Inc.
- 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): Concept for and implementation of a lichen project in Italian language
- BION e. V. – Biodiversity in Bonn: Assessment of education on biodiversity and ecosystem services in terms of Education for Sustainable Development in the Bonn region (Germany) and implementation of new learning opportunities; financially supported by the “Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung Nordrhein-Westfalen (SUE)”
- Blog BIO-Diverse: Writing of articles on biological diversity and on own biodiversity projects
- Bonner Umwelt Zeitung (BUZ):Writing of articles on biological diversity and on own biodiversity 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 in Arabic and German language
- Deutscher Jugendbund für Naturbeobachtung (DJN): Workshop on lichens (2 day) mit lectures, field excursion and identification training
- Institut für Biodiversität – Netzwerk e.V. (ibn): Development of communication projects; Co-work in the implemantation of workshops (“Wildnis im Dialog” and “Post-2020 CBD Framework”) on behalf of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
- Landesgartenschau Zülpich: Design and implementation of environmental education courses within the project “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 in English for japanese students on renewable energies and nature conservation in Germany
- 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)
- Projektträger im DLR / Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Overall synthesis based on the results of the funding measure “Sustainable Land Use Management (Modul A)”: Analysis and synthesis of research results; concept for and content writing for a new website
- 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 a side event 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