Research & Development Project Plan
"The development of concepts for sustainable use in selected sectors of biological diversity"
Commissioned by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
Context
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) regards "sustainable use" as one common goal of its three primary aims. The CBD defines "sustainable use" as the "use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations." In the last years, there is a growing realisation that biological diversity can only be managed sustainably and meaningfully if it is regarded and protected as a whole. Within the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the 12 principles for the ecosystems approach and 5 application-oriented guidelines were developed for this purpose (see dec. COP V/6). This process so far is not final and the "ecosystem approach" both nationally and internationally is to be further developed. The COP secretariat requested case studies over the implementation of the ecosystem approach on the sectoral and inter-sectoral level to be contributed.
Project aim
Taking into consideration that "forests, mountain ecosystems and protected areas" are topics of emphasis for the next rounds of negotiations of the CBD, it is to be evaluated within the context of this F&E project plan, Germany's experiences of sustainable use of
Forest ecosystems - mountain ecosystems - protected areas
in existing sectoral strategies. According to the principles of the ecosystems approach, synergies and contradictory effects are to be examined.
Project workers
- Dr. Cornelia Dziedzioch, Dipl.-Biologin
- Andreas Häusler, Dipl.-Forstingenieur
- Dr. Axel Paulsch, Dipl.-Geoökologe
- Dr. Thomas Plän, Dipl.-Biologe
- Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Dipl.-Geoökologe
The BfN Scripts are not available in bookstores, however they can be ordered at:
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Bundesamt für Umweltschutz - The Ferdeal Ageny for Nature Conservation (BfN)
Konstantinstr. 110
53179 Bonn
Tel: +49 0228/8491-0
Fax: +49 0228/8491-200
URL: http://www.bfn.de
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or downloaded as pdf files on the website of the BfN.
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Forest ecosystems
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The results of the study "forest ecosytems" were published in the BfN series BfN-Scripts Number 51 (english) / Number 62 (german) and were presented at SBSTTA VII and COP VI.
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A summary can be found below:
German Version English Version
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Mountain ecosystems
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The results of the study "mountain ecosytems" were published in the BfN series BfN-Scripts Number 76 and were presented at SBSTTA VII and at the International BfN workshop "Further Development of the Ecosystem Approach".
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A summary can be found below:
German Version English Version
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Protected areas
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The work on the topic Protected Areas was finished
in the beginning of 2004 and send over to the BfN.
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KonzepteBiodiv
