The Directorate is approached first for external contacts and likewise, via the networking activities, it initiates   targeted cooperation in various research projects. Consequently, the national and international cooperations are quite diverse and of a wide range. They receive intensive attention and often lead to concrete cooperation agreements or contracts.
   
International project partners (selection)

Land	Akronym	Institution	Projekt
AT	AIT	Austrian Institute of Technology	PLUREL, SENSOR
BR	UFSC	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	SENSOR
BR	EMBRAPA	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária	SENSOR
BR	FUB	Fundação Universidade de Brasilia	LUPIS
CH	WSL	Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research	SENSOR
CN	IGSNRR	The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research	CGCIA, RoBo
DK	AU	Aarhus Universitet	LIAISE
DK	FLD	University of Copenhagen [KU], Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning	PLUREL
EE	SEIT	Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre	LIAISE
ES	LABEIN	Fundacion Labein	LIAISE
FI	SYKE	Suomen Ymparistokeskus	LIAISE
GR	AUTH	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	LIAISE
IT	FEEM	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei	LIAISE
NL	Alterra	Alterra Green World Research	LIAISE
NL	LEI	Agricultural Economics Research Institute	SENSOR
NL	WU	Wageningen Universiteit	LIAISE
UK	CEH	Centre for Ecology and Hydrology	LIAISE
UK	UEA	University of East Anglia	LIAISE
German project partners (selection)
Land	Akronym	Institution	Projekt
DE	FUB	Freie Universität Berlin	LIAISE
DE	HNEE	Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde	Lehre
DE	UBO	Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn	LIAISE
DE	UFZ	Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung	LIAISE
DE	ZEW	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung	LIAISE
DE	CAU	Christian-Albrechts-Universtät zu Kiel	PLUREL
DE	IGB	Leibniz Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei	TRANSPLORE
DE	INP	Leibniz-Institut für Plasmaforschung und Technologie, INP Greifswald	TRANSPLORE