Prof. Dr. Leonie Fischer and Dr. André Mascarenhas from the Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology (ILPÖ) were Lead Authors of the most comprehensive report to date on the state of biodiversity in Germany. In particular, they contributed to various topics relating to urban biodiversity in the Faktencheck Artenvielfalt report. The project was carried out as part of the German Research Initiative for the Conservation of Biodiversity (FEdA).
The Faktencheck Artenvielfalt (German Biodiversity Assessment) shows the state of biodiversity in Germany in a comprehensive way. More than half of the natural habitat types in Germany are in an ecologically unfavourable state, and more valuable habitat areas are disappearing every day. As a result, species populations are shrinking, becoming genetically impoverished or dying out - with a direct impact on the functioning of ecosystems and the contributions they provide to people. A third of species are endangered and around three per cent are already extinct. For the first time, the German Biodiversity Assessment provides a comprehensive picture of the actual state of biodiversity in Germany, identifies its trends and drivers, but also makes recommendations to counteract the loss and identifies the need for research.
A longer press release on the publication of the German Biodiversity Assessment is available here: https://www.feda.bio/de/pressemitteilungen/faktencheck-artenvielfalt-veroeffentlicht/
The long version of the report is available here: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361
A summary for societal decision-making is available here: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263378
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