Berger, E., Haase, P., Kuemmerlen, M., Leps, M., Schäfer, R. & Sundermann, A. Biological Conservation 221: 78-85. , Loyau, A., Bondeau, A., Brotons, L., Brummitt, N., Geijzendorffer, I.R., Haase, P., Kümmerlen, M., Martin, C., Mihoub, J.-B., Rocchini, D., Saarenmaa, H., Stoll, S. & Regan, E. (2018). Freshwater Biology 56: 2554-2566. Germany. Mirtl, M, Borer, E., Djukic, I., Forsius, M., Haubold, H., Hugo, W., Jourdan, J., Lindenmayer, D., McDowell, W.H., Muraoka, H., Orenstein, D., Pauw, J., Peterseil, J., Shibata, H., Wohner, C., Yu, X. & Zacharias, S. (2018). Choice of study area and predictors affect habitat suitability projections, but n ot the performance of species distribution models of stream biota. Kuemmerlen, M., Schmalz, B., Cai, Q., Haase, P. & Jähnig, S.C. (2015). Generally, ecosystems change only very slowly. Freshwater Science 33: 1136-1147. New research shows that habitat alteration creates ecological niches for generalist species, like bats and rodents, and brings them into closer contact with people. Biological Conservation 187: 41-50. Purification and characterisation of F420H2-Dehydrogenase from Methanolobus tinarius.  (Prof. Dr. U. Braukmann), 1995 – 1999  Ph.D. student, University of Kassel, Department of Limnology One Planet summit aims to protect global biodiversity 0m ago Qatar Airways flight lands in Saudi Arabia for 1st time in years 27m ago Capitol violence mars Donald Trump's last … & Haase, P. (2018). The Convention sets targets for various air pollutants, and thus assists countries in mitigating effects on ecosystems and biodiversity. Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M. (2016). This brief literature review cites current research that endorses biodiversity for human health and examines the negative consequences of natural environment modification. Wetzel, F.T., Bingham, H., Groom, Q., Haase, P., Köljalg, U., Kuhlmann, M., Martin, C.S., Penev, L., Robertson, T., Saarenmaa, H., Schmeller, D.S., Stoll, S., Tonkin, J.D. A cross-taxa analysis of the impact of climate change on abundance trends. Belgian Journal of Zoology 142: 49-58. Invasion Biology 14: 2243-2253. , Gerisch, M. , Henle, K. , Hickler, T., Hof, C., Klotz, S., Kühn, I., Matesanz, S., O‘Hara, R., Russell, D., Schweiger, O., Valladares, F., Welk, E., Wiemers, M. & Böhning-Gaese, K. (2015). (2008). Context dependency in biodiversity patterns of stream metacommunities. Improved freshwater macroinvertebrate detection from eDNA through minimized non-target amplification. Time is no healer: increasing restoration age does not lead to improved benthic invertebrate communities in restored river reaches. Bowler, D., Hof, C., Haase, P., Kröncke, I., Schweiger, O., Adrian, R., Baert, L, Bauer, H.-G., Blick, T., Brooker, R., Dekoninck, W., Domisch, S., Eckmann, R., Hendrickx, F., Hickler, T., Klotz, S., Kraberg, A., Kühn, I., Matesanz, S., Meschede, A., Neumann, H., O’Hara, B., Russell, D., Sell, A., Sonnewald, M., Stoll, S., Sundermann, A., Tackenberg, O., Türkay, M., Valladares, F., van Herk, K., van Klink, R., Vermeulen, R., Voigtländer, K., Wagner, R., Welk, E., Wiemers, M., Wiltshire, K. & Böhning-Gaese, K. (2017). Nature-based solutions offer the best way to achieve human well-being, tackle climate change and protect our living planet. Jourdan, J., Baranov, V., Wagner, R., Plath, M. & Haase, P. (2019). & Haase, P. (2016). A scientific assessment published in July 2020 by UNEP and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) concluded that unless countries take dramatic steps to curb zoonotic contagions, global outbreaks like COVID-19 will inevitably become more common. Using streamflow observations to estimate the impact of hydrological regimes and anthropogenic water use on European stream macroinvertebrate occurrence. High spatial variability biases the space-for-time approach in environmental monitoring. Forest Carbon leads the way in developing woodland creation and peatland restoration projects for carbon capture and ecosystem services. Pauls, S.U., Theißinger, K., Ujvarosi, L., Balint, M. & Haase, P. (2009). Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms on earth - the different plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Limnologica 34: 349-365. Biodiversity and Conservation 20: 2297-2309. Schmeller, D.S., Böhm, M., Arvanitidis, C., Barber-Meyer, S., Brummitt, N., Chandler, M., Chatzinikolaou, E., Costello, M.J., Ding, H., García-Moreno, J., Geijzendorffer, I., Gill, M., Haase, P., Jones, M., Juillard, R., Magnusson, R., Martin, C.S., McGeoch, M., Mihoub, J.-B., Pettorelli, N., Peng, C., Regan, E., Schmiedel, U., Simaika, J.P., Weatherdon, L., Waterman, C., Xu, H. & Belnap, J. 587-588: 1-10. What UNEP is doing to address biodiversity. Ecological Indicators 10: 1202-1205. Modelling range shifts and assessing genetic diversity distribution of the montane aquatic mayfly Ameletus inopinatus in Europe under climate change scenarios. & Haase, P. (2019). Effects of sampling and sub-sampling variation using the STAR-AQEM sampling protocol on the precision of macroinvertebrate metrics. Dissertation: Ecology and Society 23 (4): 35. Effects of sampling microhabitats with low coverage within the STAR-AQEM macroinvertebrate sampling protocol on stream assessment. Thesis: A first set of microsatellite markers for genetic characterization of Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) based on tissue and hair samples. One of our most important aims is to connect these long-term data series into a useful network. These influence the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon, albedo (proportion of incoming radiation from the Sun that is reflected by the land surface back to space), evapotranspiration, tempera­ture, and fire regim… (2013). Global Change Biology, 19 (3): 752-762. The loss of these resources can create the conditions responsible for morbidity or mortality. . Lembrechts, J.J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M.B., De Frenne, P., Kopecký, M., Lenoir, J., Luoto, M., Maclean, I.M.D., Roupsard, O., Fuentes-Lillo, E., García, R.A., Pellissier, L., Pitteloud, C., Alatalo, J.M., Smith, S.W., Björk, R.G., Muffler, L., Cesarz, S., Gottschall, F., Backes, A.R., Okello, J., Urban, J., Plichta, R., Svátek, M., Phartyal, S.S., Wipf, S., Eisenhauer, N., Pușcaș, M., Dan Turtureanu, P., Varlagin, A., Dimarco, R.D., Jump, A.S., Randall, K., Dorrepaal, E., Larson, K., Walz, J., Vitale, L., Svoboda, M., Finger Higgens, R., Halbritter, A.H., Curasi, S.R., Klupar, I., Koontz, A., Pearse, W.D., Simpson, E., Stemkovski, M., Graae, B.J., Vedel Sørensen, M., Høye, T.T., Fernández Calzado, M.R., Lorite, J., Carbognani, M., Tomaselli, M., Forte, T.G.W., Petraglia, A., Haesen, S., Somers, B., Van Meerbeek, K., Björkman, M.P., Hylander, K., Merinero, S., Gharun, M., Buchmann, N., Dolezal, J., Matula, R., Thomas, A.D., Bailey, J.J., Ghosn, D., Kazakis, G., de Pablo, M.A., Kemppinen, J., Niittynen, P., Rew, L., Seipel, T., Larson, C., Speed, J.D.M., Ardö, J., Cannone, N., Guglielmin, M., Malfasi, F., Bader, M.Y., Canessa, R., Stanisci, A., Kreyling, J., Schmeddes, J., Teuber, L., Aschero, V., Čiliak, M., Máliš, F., De Smedt, P., Govaert, S., Meeussen, C., Vangansbeke, P., Gigauri, K., Lamprecht, A., Pauli, H., Steinbauer, K., Winkler, M., Ueyama, M., Nuñez, M.A., Ursu, T.M., Haider, S., Wedegärtner, R.E.M., Smiljanic, M., Trouillier, M., Wilmking, M., Altman, J., Brůna, J., Hederová, L., Macek, M., Man, M., Wild, J., Vittoz, P., Pärtel, M., Barančok, P., Kanka, R., Kollár, J., Palaj, A., Barros, A., Mazzolari, A.C., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Benito Alonso, J.L., Zong, S., Di Cecco, V., Sitková, Z., Tielbörger, K., van den Brink L., Weigel, R., Homeier, J., Dahlberg, C.J., Medinets, S., Medinets, V., De Boeck, H.J., Portillo-Estrada, M., Verryckt, L.T., Milbau, A., Daskalova, G.N., Thomas, H.J.D., Myers-Smith, I.H., Blonder, B., Stephan, J.G., Descombes, P., Zellweger, F., Frei, E.R., Heinesch, B., Andrews, C., Dick, J., Siebicke, L., Rocha, A., Senior, R.A., Rixen, C., Jimenez, J.J., Boike, J., Pauchard, A., Scholten, T., Scheffers, B., Klinges, D., Basham, E.W., Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Géron, C., Fazlioglu, F., Candan, O., Sallo Bravo, J., Hrbacek, F., Laska, K., Cremonese, E., Haase, P., Moyano, F.E., Rossi, C. & Nijs, I. & Haase, P. (2014). Manfrin, A., Teurlincx, S., Lorenz, A., Haase, P., Marttila, M., Syrjänen, J., Thomas, G. & Stoll, S. (2019). Tachamo Shah, R.D., Sharma, S., Haase, P., Jaehnig, S.C. & Pauls, S.U. Environment : Biodiversity Conservation. Reliable findings and forecasts can only be established on the basis of observation covering a sufficiently long time. Ecological Indicators 112: 106116. Zoonotic infectious disease does not only come from the mishandling and consumption of unsafe meat. JAN 11, 2021 - PARIS (AP) — At least 50 countries committed to protecting 30% of the planet, including land and sea, over the next decade to halt species extinction and address climate change issues, during a global summit Monday aimed at protecting the world's biodiversity.About 30 leaders, government officials and heads of international organizations participated in the One Planet … Assessment of spatial ecosystem integrity and service gradients across Europe using the LTER Europe network. Früh, D., Stoll, S. & Haase, P. (2012). Aquatic Ecology 48: 73-83. Haase, P., Pilotto, F., Li, F., Sundermann, A., Lorenz, A.W., Tonkin, J.D, & Stoll, S. (2019). , Mihoub, J.-B. Biological Conservation 225: 247-248. Freshwater Biology 61(10): 1773-1786. Tonkin, J.D., Stoll, S., Jähnig, S.C. & Haase, P. (2016). The review focuses on the health Haase, P., Hering, D., Jähnig, S.C., Lorenz, A.W. Limnologica, 38 (1): 14-22. Domisch, S., Araújo, M.B., Bonada, N., Pauls, S.U., Jähnig, S.C. & Haase, P. (2013). Reliable findings and forecasts can only be established on the basis of observation covering a sufficiently long time. Domisch, S., Portmann, F.T., Kuemmerlen, M., O’Hara, R., Johnson, R., Davy-Bowker, J., Bækken, T., Zamora-Muñozxx, C., Sáinz-Bariain, M., Bonada, N., Haase, P., Döll, P. & Jähnig, S. (2017). Climate change will lead to massive loss of cryptic biodiversity. New microsatellite markers for the assessment of fine-scale dispersal patterns in the endangered montane caddisfly Drusus discolor. & Häuser, C.L. The need to conserve biodiversity is not restricted to the terrestrial environment. (2018). Differences in field behavior between native gastropods and the fastspreading invader Arion lusitanicus auct. (Asteraceae) supports the idea of cryptic glacial refugia in Central Europe. Biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goals. Pauls, S.U., Lumbsch, H.T. Stoten 626: 1439-1462. Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling methods in Europe. Kappes, H. & Haase, P. (2012). Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the scientific term for the variety of life on Earth. Environmental Polluton, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115781. Geismar, J., Sauer, J., Haase, P. & Nowak, C. (2011). & Haase, P. (2018). The highest levels of terrestrial biodiversity are found in tropical forests, which host over 80 per cent of species of terrestrial animals, plants and fungi. 125: 686-697. Water quality variables and pollution sources shaping stream macroinvertebrate communities. It is the foundation of most industries and livelihoods. Biological diversity encompasses all environmental factors, so there are things that are direct threats, like habitat fragmentation. Stoll, S., Breyer, P., Tonkin, J.D., Früh, D. & Haase, P. (2016): Scale-dependent effects of river habitat quality _mce_on benthic invertebrate communities – implications for stream restoration practice. Berger, E., Haase, P., Schäfer, R.B., Sundermann, A. & Zenker, A. Schmeller, D.S., Weatherdon, L.V. Biodiversity is the variety of life.There are thought to be 8.7 million species on planet Earth. © UNEP Terms of Use Privacy Report a project concern. & Pauls, S.U. Nature Climate Change 1: 313-318. Mollenhauer, H., Kasner, M., Haase, P., Peterseil, J., Wohner, C., Frenzel, M., Mirtl, M., Schima, R., Bumberger, J. Müller, F., Bicking, S., Ahrendt, K., Kinh Bac, D., Blindow, I., Fürst, C., Haase, P., Kruse, M., Kruse, T., Ma, L., Perennes, M., Ruljevic, I., Schernewski, G., Schimming, C.-G., Schneiders, A., Schubert, H., Schumacher, J., Tappeiner, U., Wangai, P., Windhorst, W. & Zeleny, J. Brummitt, N., Regan, E., Weatherdon, L.V., Martin, C., Geijzendorffer, I.R., Rocchini, D., Gavish, Y., Haase, P., Marsh, C.J. Density-dependent relationship between Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei (Oligochaeta) and the freshwater snail Physa acuta (Pulmonata) Freshwater Science 32: 642-649. Institute and Natural History Museum, Since 12.2000  Head of Section and Curator of Aquatic Entomology, Senckenberg Hair trapping with valerian-treated lure sticks as a tool for genetic wildcat monitoring in low-density habitats. Biological diversity—or biodiversity—is the variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns it forms. Elivated temperatures translate into reduced dispersal abilities in a natural population of an aquatic insect (Tipula maxima, Diptera, Tipulidae). Haase, P., Deppenmeier, U., Blaut, M. & Gottschalk, G. (1992). Exploring stream communities in a tropical biodiversity hotspot: biodiversity, regional occupancy, niche characteristics and environmental correlates. Freshwater Biology 58 (4): 664-674. Balint, M., Malnas, K., Nowak, C., Geismar, J., Vansca, E., Polyak, L., Lengyel, S. & Haase, P. (2012). (2015). Stoll, S., Frenzel, M., Burkhard, B., Adamescu, M., Augustaitis, A., Baeßler, C., Bonet, F.J., Cazacu, C., Cosor, G.L., Díaz-Delgado, R., Carranza, M.L., Grandin, U., Haase, P., Hämäläinen, H., Loke, R., Müller, J., Stanisci, A., Staszewski, T. & Müller, F. (2015). Modelling distribution in European stream macroinvertebrates under future climates. Revisiting restored river reaches – assessing change of aquatic and riparian communities after five years. Shah, D.N., Tonkin, J.D., Pauls, S.U., Haase, P. & Jähnig, S.C. (2015). We are also elaborating new standard methods for implementing of the EU Water Framework Directive, for registering soil organisms or for monitoring species communities on the sea floor with hydro-acoustic techniques (EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive). Contrasting patterns of population structure of the montane caddisfly H. tenuis (Navas, 1932) and D. discolor (Rambur, 1842) in central European Highlands. Distant land use affects terrestrial and aquatic habitats of high naturalness. Sauer, J., Domisch S., Nowak, C. & Haase, P. (2011). It provides us with oxygen, purifies the water we drink, ensures fertile soil, and produces the variety of foods we require to stay healthy and resist disease. These transformations need to be adopted and put in place in the course of the upcoming Decade of Action to Deliver the Global Goals. Ecological Engineering 61: 174-181. Li, F., Tonkin, J.D. Limnologica 55: 33-41. The systematic recording of the primarily anthropogenically caused, rapid changes in biodiversity and ecosystems during the past decades is often insufficiently documented or has been restricted to a few charismatic species groups. Macrophytes respond to reach-scale river restorations. More formally, biodiversity is comprised of several levels, starting with genes, then individual species, then communities of creatures and finally … Freshwater Biology 61: 607-620. Ecological Indicators 65: 10-43. (2015). Stoten 613-614: 1185-1195. Baranov, V., Jourdan. Biodiversity is defined as: "the variability amongst living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems." & Haase, P. (2008). Furse, M., Hering, D., Moog, O., Verdonschot, P., Johnson, R.K., Brabec, K., Gritzalis, K., Buffagni, A., Pinto, P., Friberg, N., Murray-Bligh, J., Kokes, J., Alber, R., Usseglio-Polatera, P., Haase, P., Sweeting, R., Bis, B., Szoszkiewicz, K., Soszka, H., Springe, G., Sporka, F. & Krno, I. Disentangling environmental drivers of benthic invertebrate assemblages: the role of spatial scale and riverscape heterogeneity in a multiple stressor environment. It refers not just to species but also to ecosystems and differences in genes within a single species. , Schubert, H., Schult, M., Selmeczy, G., Shatwell, T., Stoll, S., Schwabe, M., Soltwedel, T. & Straile, D. (2016). Title of the thesis: “Development, standardisation and evaluation of Conservation Biology 33: 132-141. Global leaders agree to scale up response to biodiversity collapse Commitment to protect land and marine ecosystems made at One Planet Summit hosted by … AbstractSome recent studies claim biodiversity has a positive effect on human health, whereas human alterations to the natural environment have unfavorable health effects. Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: development of a practical standardised protocol for macroinvertebrate sampling and sorting. Within-stream variability of benthic invertebrate samples and EU Water Framework Directive assessment results. & Tricarico, E. (2020). Pauls, S.U., Graf, W., Haase, P., Lumbsch, H.T. Accounting for biotic interaction though alpha-diversity constraints in stacked species distribution models. Aquatic Sciences 74: 1–14. Business management and human life in our society is founded on the ecosystem services - a multitude of blessings from nature provided by our natural capital, including soil, air, water, and animals and plants. Bridging the gap between biodiversity data and policy reporting needs: An Essential Biodiversity Variables perspective. UNEP collaborates with biodiversity-related conventions, scientific bodies. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123250. An attack on two fronts: how predicted climate and land use changes affect the predicted distribution of stream macroinvertebrates. Senckenberg is taking an active part in the designing and implementing of such provisions: We are developing innovative methods for detecting species that are difficult to detect (genetic monitoring, environmental DNA). Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8 (9): 1092-1102. The RA "Biodiversity Conservation" focuses on anthropogenic biodiversity changes (land use, pollution, invasion of neobiota, climate change), which amongst other things are associated with a loss of ecosystem services and thus are of central importance to human well-being. Providing a systemic understanding of long-term biodiversity and environmental change, guiding the prospects of long-term ecosystem research (LTER) at national and international levels, developing methods and tools to monitor and assess biodiversity change and its feedbacks on our society to ultimately guide sustainable use and conservation of nature are the cornerstones of this Research Field II. T +49 69 7542-0 UNEP and partners support sustainable land management and are leading the Decade on Ecosystems Restoration 2021-2030. A method for the reintroduction of entire benthic invertebrate communities in formerly degraded streams. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46: 776-791. Research Institute and Natural History Museum, 1999 – 2000  Postdoc, University of Kassel, Department of Limnology Effects of stream restorations on riparian mesohabitats, vegetation and carabid beetles: A synopsis of 24 cases from Germany. Limnologica 34: 366-378. SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. In fact, we’re moving in the opposite direction of progress. Tonkin, J.D., Sundermann, A., Jähnig, S.C. & Haase, P. (2015). Biological Reviews 94: 368-387. Conservation Genetics Resources 3: 605-607. 60325 Frankfurt (2010). Stoten 628-629: 1369-1394. Wetzel, F.T., Bingham, H., Groom, Q., Haase, P., Köljalg, U., Kuhlmann, M., Martin, C.S., Penev, L., Robertson, T., Saarenmaa, H., Schmeller, D.S., Stoll, S., Tonkin, J.D. Climatic and catchment-scale predictors of Chinese stream insect richness differ with order. Taxon-specific physico-chemical change points for stream benthic invertebrates. Thomas, G., Lorenz, A.W., Sundermann, A., Haase, P., Peter, A. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the complex linkages between emerging infectious diseases and the unregulated trade in wildlife, habitat loss, biodiversity fragmentation and shifting dispersal patterns caused by new weather extremes. Höckendorff, S., Tonkin, J.D., Haase, P., Bunzel-Drüke, M., Zimball, O., Scharf, M. & Stoll, S. (2017). Haase, P., Pauls, S.U., Engelhardt, C.H.M. Grunelius-Möllgaard-Laboratory for Molecular Evolution, Large Revisions and Species Inventories – Important Publications beyond ISI and IF, Colonial Context of the Senckenberg Collections, Type catalogues of the Malacological Collection, Diversity and Taxonomy of the Polygordiidae, Aphroditoidea of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula, Palaeoclimate and Palaeoenvironmental Research, Palynology and Microvertebrata of the Palaeozoic, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Hanns-Christian-Schroeder-Hohenwarth Prize, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Your donation for the Senckenberg Society, Biodiversity and Ecology of European freshwater invertebrates, River restoration and assessment in the light of the EU-Water Framework, Long term ecological monitoring and conservation research. It also covers biotechnology through the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Physico-chemical variables determining the invasion risk of freshwater habitats by alien mollusks and crustaceans. Tonkin, J.D., Arimoro, F.O. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 150-152. J. Biochem. About 60 per cent of all infectious diseases known to infect humans, and 75 per cent of emerging infectious diseases, are zoonotic. While the primary biodiversity Goals (SDG 14 and 15) seek to conserve and sustainably use the marine and terrestrial environment respectively, all 17 SDGs ultimately depend on healthy ecosystems and biodiversity. Stoten 613-614: 1185-1195. The molecular population structure of the tallforb Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr. & Sundermann, A. Tonkin, J.D., Narayan Shah, D., Kuemmerlen, M., Li, F., Cai, Q., Haase, P. & Jähnig, S.C. (2015). Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-11. (2017). the multiplicity of living organisms and ecosystems, are vital for cities to function properly. Biodiversity is the name given to the variety of ecosystems (natural capital), species and genes in the world or in a particular habitat. J., Pilotto, F., Wagner, R. & Haase, P. (2020). UNEP’s Wild for Life communications campaign focuses on the illegal trade in wildlife. Genesis, goals and schievements of Long-Term Ecological Research at the global scale: A critical review of ILTER and future implications. Ecological Modelling 295: 75-87. Eur. (2018): The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity. Ecological Applications 21: 2007-2015. Science of the Total Environment. JNABS 28: 517-536. Freshwater Science 34 (3): 975-990. Conservation Genetics 12: 503-515. The impact of hydromorphological restoration on river ecological status: a comparison of fish, benthic invertebrates, and macrophytes. Biodiversity influences climate at local, regional, and global scales, thus changes in land use and land cover that affect biodiversity can affect climate. Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite markers in the caddisfly Drusus discolor (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1279-1291. Sundermann, A., Leps, M., Leisner, S. & Haase, P. (2015). Biodiversity provides many goods and services essential to life on earth. Environmental Controls on River Assemblages at the Regional Scale: An Application of the Elements of Metacommunity Structure Framework. Glacial survival and postglacial recolonization of an arctic-alpine freshwater insect (Arcynopteryx compacta, Plecoptera, Perlodidae) in Europe. Ecohydrology 10 (8) e1895. Biological diversity or biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth, comprising millions of plants, animals, microorganisms and the genes they contain. The Decade aims to gather the science and best practices on ecosystems restoration and encourage action. Stoten 553: 495-503. Pilotto, F., Tonkin, J.D., Januschke, K., Lorenz, A.W., Jourdan, J., Sundermann, A., Hering, D., Stoll, S. & Haase, P. (2019). Greater diversity in species ensure natural sustainability for all life forms. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (Archiv für Hydrobiologie), 173: 21-34. Most scientists agree that species are now disappearing hundreds, of even thousands, of times faster than the natural background rate of extinction. The Biological Diversity Act 2002 was born out of India’s attempt to realise the objectives enshrined in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1992 which recognizes the sovereign rights of states to use their own Biological Resources. Bowler, D., Haase, P., Hof, C., Kröncke, I., Baert, L., Dekoninck, W., Hendrickx, F., Hickler, T., Kühn, I., Neumann, H., O’Hara, B., Sell, A., Stoll, S., Türkay, M., van Klink, R., Schweiger, O., Vermeulen, R., Wagner, R. & Böhning-Gaese, K. (2017). As part of the deep transformative change required to achieve the SDGs, there is an urgent need to value and recognize the contribution that nature makes to human wellbeing; and to develop and implement nature-based solutions that address societal challenges like poverty, inequality and climate change while actively conserving or restoring nature in economically sustainable ways. The long-term ecological research (LTER) network: Relevance, current status, future perspective and examples from marine, freshwater and terrestrial long-term observation. Are you sure you want to print? Yet, recent assessments show that these are the two goals in which the least progress is being made. Stoten 658: 1531-1538. Stoll, S., Kail, J., Lorenz, A.W., Sundermann, A. Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt Ecological Indicators 108: 105715 2.2. Ecological Indicators 65: 122-132. Online early, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13054. Gavish, Y., Marsh, C.J., Kuemmerlen, M., Stoll, S., Haase, P. & Kunin, W.E. Aquatic Science 79: 187-195. Yet, deforestation is continuing at an alarming rate, particularly in tropical regions: 7 million hectares of forest, area roughly the size of the Republic of Ireland, are destroyed every year, particularly in tropical regions. Domisch, S., Kuemmerlen, M., Jähnig, S.C. & Haase, P. (2013). Differences of dispersal- and colonization-related traits between taxa from the freshwater and the terrestrial realm. Accepted. UNEP supports the protection of forests for social, economic and environmental benefits. PLoS ONE 7(3): e31872. (2018). Diverging response patterns of terrestrial and aquatic species to hydromorphological restoration. Genetic population structure of an autumn emerging caddisfly with inherently low dispersal capacity and insights into its phylogeography. Ecological Applications 21: 1962-1971. für Naturforschung, 2008 – 2014  Head of project area “Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate” at the , Secades, C., Schmeller, D.S., Stoll, S., Wetzel, F.T. Berger, E., Haase, P., Oetken, M. & Sundermann, A. Li, F., Sundermann, A., Stoll, S. & Haase, P. (2016). The biodiversity we see today is the result of 4.5 billion years of evolution and, increasingly, of human influence as well. & Sundermann, A. Haubrock, P.J., Pilotto, F. & Haase, P. (2020). * highly cited paper (in the top 1% of the academic field of Plant & Animal Science). Fish response to river habitat restorations in Germany and Switzerland. To this end, we are participating in various international projects such as. Hence, there is a need to preserve the diversity in life on the earth. Haase, P., Lohse, S., Pauls, S., Schindehütte, K., Sundermann, A., Rolauffs, P. & Hering, D. (2004). Grazers, shredders and filtering carnivores – The evolution of feeding ecology in Drusinae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae): Insights from a molecular phylogeny. Many governments in the world have conserved portions of their territories under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a multilateral treaty signed in 1992–3. Real gaps in European bird monitoring: A reply to Voříšek et al. Sundermann, A., Lohse, S., Beck, L.A. & Haase, P. (2007). Jourdan, J., O’Hara, R.B., Bottarin, R., Huttunen, K.-L., Kuemmerlen, M., Monteith, D., Muotka, T., Ozoliņš, D., Paavola, R, Pilotto, F., Springe, G., Skuja, A., Sundermann, A., Tonkin, J.D. Journal of Animal Ecology. Combining heavy metal and stable isotope analysis to disentangle contaminant transfer in a freshwater community dominated by alien species. Physicochemical and morphological degradation of stream and river habitats increases invasion risk. Hydromorphological restoration of running waters: effects on benthic invertebrate assemblages. Früh, D., Stoll, S. & Haase, P. (2012). It is a challenging task to distinguish between short-term fluctuations and long-term trends. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123. Balzani, P., Haubrock, P.J., Russo, F., Kouba, A., Haase, P., Veselý, L., Masoni, A. It boosts the ecosystem of productivity where each species, irrespective of their size, have an important role to play. From the Western Alps across Central Europe: Postglacial recolonisation of the tufa stream specialist Rhyacophila pubescens (Insecta, Trichoptera). Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 202-212. Lorenz, A., Korte, T., Sundermann, A., Januschke, K. & Haase, P. (2012). Limnologica 55: 1-8. Jähnig, S.C., Tonkin, J.D., Gies, M., Domisch, S., Hering, D. & P. Haase (2017). Climate-change winners and losers: stream macroinvertebrates of a submontane region in Central Europe. & Walters, M. (2016). Regional Environmental Change 19: 309-311.  regional stream types in highland regions of Lower Saxony and & Stoll, S. (2015). Basically, you can’t solve the biodiversity problem if you don’t solve all those problems as well.