News around AgoraNatura

After a lot of work behind the scenes, AgoraNatura e.V. was founded in autumn 2023 as a joint initiative of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), the German Farmers' Association and other implementation partners. From summer 2024, AgoraNatura will set up an office with 4-5 employees in Berlin, which will drive forward the scaling of three business models as a start-up: Crowdfunding for...

The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on AgoraNatura projects in the Freising district for the protection of endangered bird species and peat soils.

Amazing! We are very happy to have won 2nd place in the Biodiversity Challenge and to have convinced the jury of our approach. After four weeks with three workshops including coaching and exciting exchanges, the final of the Biodiversity Challenge was on 21 October: the Pitch Night.

Reason to celebrate: The Moor Frog Islands - Part 2 were successfully funded and the project is now being implemented. Just in time, there was a radio report on the NDR about the project near Sestelin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. You can listen to it here:

The decision has been made - AgoraNatura and 9 other participants have been shortlisted for the Biodiversity Challenge 2021.

On 04 & 05.09. we will be at the Autarkia Sustainability Fair - Green World Tour. And the best thing is: You now have the chance to win 2x3 tickets and be there at the sustainability fair in Berlin. 

Prof. Dr. Bettina Matzdorf will be a guest on 08.05.21 at the "Ask a Scientist" format, organised as part of the Potsdam Days of Science.

Companies are important actors when it comes to protecting natural resources and ecosystems. So far, however, there has been little research on their targeted commitment to biodiversity in Germany. Now the scientists in the AgoraNatura project are publishing the first results of a nationwide survey of German companies. To what extent are companies specifically committed to the protection of biodiversity and natural habitats? What factors influence their willingness to get involved and what obstacles do they perceive? A descriptive report on the results contains answers to these and other questions.

In the Freisinger Moos, Germany's first grazing project certified according to the independent Natur PlusPlus standard has been running since mid-August. Cattle of an endangered, old breed gently keep the moorland open and make it blossom again. (...)

A detailed article about AgoraNatura has been published in the online knowledge desk about the agriculture of the future: "Naturschutz geht jetzt online". In addition to project leader Prof. Bettina Matzdorf and staff member Carolin Biedermann, farmer Matthias Prüfer also has his say. (...)