Biodiversity and climate change - State of Hessen

Biodiversity and climate change - State of Hessen funds new research centre, investing 22.2 Million Euro

Senckenberg is a member of BioFrankfurt. Twelve leading institutions from the research, education, nature conservation and development sector have formed a network to promote the conservation of biological diversity. Activities are mainly directed to increase public awareness on biodiversity issues.
The diversity of genes, species and ecosystems is our natural heritage and the basis for all our organic resources. World nutrition, medication, technical development and recreation all depend on intact ecosystem services. Similar to climate change, the conservation of biodiversity is a global and regional challenge, that can only be overcome with individual action and commitment.
Here, you can find more information on BioFrankfurt and the activities of the network.

The Senckenberg Research Institute has presently branches in 6 states of Germany: Hessen, Thüringen, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Niedersachsen and Hamburg. The headquerters and also the largest unit is located at Frankfurt am Main where the Senckenberg Natural History Society was founded in 1817. In 1928 the marine branch in Wilhelmshaven was founded. In 1969 The "Lochmühle"-Research Station was established, serving phycology and environmental research. Due to the positive development and growth of this station it had to be moved to a larger, more modern building, now in Gelnhausen. In 1983 the Messel Research station came into existence. In 2000 the Geran Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) was founded with locations at Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg. In the same year the Institute for Quaternary Paleontology (now Research Station for Quaternary Paleontology) in Weimar joined the Senckenberg-Institute. Furthermore, work space for one scientist of the DZMB is provided by the Wadden Sea Station of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research at List (Island of Sylt). The largest expansion was the fusion of the former Saxon State Museums in Dresden and Görlitz as well as the German Entomological Institut in Müncheberg with Senckenberg on January 1, 2009.

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