07/29/2020 - After disasters, emergency interventions mainly focus on saving lives and providing water, food and shelter. Protecting and rebuilding local seed reserves is often overlooked, even though traditional seeds are crucial for food and…

07/20/2020 - The organic sector will present itself from 5 - 20 September 2020 at the campaign days for organic farming in North Rhine-Westphalia. There will be a colourful programme of many smaller and also digital events.

07/06/2020 - Go in search of old and rare vegetables - become a variety saver! Do you have old varieties in your garden or do you know someone who does? The association Genbänkle e. V. has started the "Variety Detectives" campaign. During…

07/02/2020 - The joint position paper "For an efficient and area-effective insect protection" by the German Advisory Council on the Environment and the Scientific Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the Federal Ministry of…

07/01/2020 - The large-scale nationwide FraxForFuture project promotes the conservation of the endangered ash (Fraxinus excelsior) as an important ecosystem and commercial tree species. For the first time in Germany, all relevant disciplines…

06/17/2020 - The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) decided on 14.05.2020 that the patenting of conventionally bred animals and plants is not permissible.

06/08/2020 - 12 years after the designation of this protected area in 2006, a repeat survey was carried out to gain a first insight into the dynamic processes of this natural forest reserve.

06/03/2020 - New film about a project in Morocco for pollinator protection in agriculture

06/02/2020 - On the occasion of World Bee Day, the nature and environment foundation Global Nature Fund (GNF) presents a guide that supports companies in the food industry to make insect and biodiversity protection part of their purchasing…

05/26/2020 - The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) launched a call for funding via Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR) for "Forest…