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Research Area 2 "Land Use and Governance"

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How can we sustainably develop and shape intensively used agricultural landscapes?

The focus of this Research Area lies on the investigation of land use practices and their interactions with associated ecosystem services and biodiversity. These interactions are not only studied for agriculturally managed crop- and grasslands, but also in the context of adjacent ecosystems such as forests and waterbodies. It is the aim to use research results to support the site-adapted management of agricultural landscapes under the impact of climate change and in different socio-economic and socio-cultural contexts. This adapted management must be supported by stakeholders and institutionally promoted. Research on the interactions, the development of suitable indicators for the valorisation of the services provided by agricultural landscapes and embedded ecosystems, the development of suitable governance approaches as well as the dissemination of institutional, technological and management-related innovations are additional topics of research in this Research Area.

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Our Working Groups

 

The topics of this Research Area address the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG; UN 2015), which are also addressed in the German Sustainable Development Strategy (2016): Zero Hunger (2), Health and Well-Being (3), Clean Water und Sanitation (6), Responsible Consumption and Production (12), Climate Action (13), Life below Water (14), and Life on Land (15).

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Working groups in research area 2 

 

 

News

Title: Wheat and soybean as a team: new study shows the benefits of relay intercropping
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Wheat and soybean as a team: new study shows the benefits of relay intercropping

Title: ZALF Research on Gender Equality in Alternative Food Networks: Contribution to the Fourth Gender Equality Report of the German Government
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ZALF Research on Gender Equality in Alternative Food Networks: Contribution to the Fourth Gender Equality Report of the German Government

Title: Insect-friendly agriculture requires teamwork: Successful collaboration for insect conservation
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Insect-friendly agriculture requires teamwork: Successful collaboration for insect conservation

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Publications

MyTitle: How do land use conflicts escalate? Identifying causal mechanisms in a conflict over a biogas plant in Brandenburg, Germany
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How do land use conflicts escalate? Identifying causal mechanisms in a conflict over a biogas plant in Brandenburg, Germany

Fienitz, M. (2025)
MyTitle: Bridging the gap between science, policy and stakeholders: towards sustainable wolf–livestock coexistence in human-dominated landscapes
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MyAutoren: Ostermann-Miyashita, E.-F., Kirkland, H., Eklund, A., Hare, D., Jansman, H. A. H., Kiffner, C., Linnell, J. D. C., Rigg, R., Stone, S. A., Uthes, S., von Arx, M., König, H. J. (2025)
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Bridging the gap between science, policy and stakeholders: towards sustainable wolf–livestock coexistence in human-dominated landscapes

Ostermann-Miyashita, E.-F., Kirkland, H., Eklund, A., Hare, D., Jansman, H. A. H., Kiffner, C., Linnell, J. D. C., Rigg, R., Stone, S. A., Uthes, S., von Arx, M., König, H. J. (2025)
MyTitle: Environment and not genotype drives soybean yield stability in Northern Germany
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MyAutoren: Omari, R. A., Halwani, M., Reckling, M., Hua, M., Bellingrath-Kimura, S. D. (2025)
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Environment and not genotype drives soybean yield stability in Northern Germany

Omari, R. A., Halwani, M., Reckling, M., Hua, M., Bellingrath-Kimura, S. D. (2025)

Projects

MyTitle: GreeNet - Grassland conservation across European landscapes protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services with ecological networks
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GreeNet - Grassland conservation across European landscapes protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services with ecological networks

Start: 01.04.2023
MyTitle: CeratoVirPlus - Biting midge (ceratopogonid)-borne viruses as important factors influencing livestock farming in Germany – monitoring, bionomics, genetics and infection
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CeratoVirPlus - Biting midge (ceratopogonid)-borne viruses as important factors influencing livestock farming in Germany – monitoring, bionomics, genetics and infection

Start: 01.07.2022
MyTitle: ClimateCropping - Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems
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ClimateCropping - Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems

Start: 01.01.2024

 

  

People of the research area

 

Co-Heads

Prof. Dr. agr.
Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura

T +49 (0)33432 82-207

Prof. Dr. Bettina Matzdorf
T +49 (0)33432 82-207
T +49 (0)33432 82-150

 

Administration

Dr. Verena Toussaint
T +49 (0)33432 82-323

Sabi​ne Seidel
T +49 (0)33432 82-124

 

Secretary’s office

Viola Kranich
T +49 (0)33432 82-207
F +49 (0)33432 82-308

Sabrina Weinert
T +49 (0)33432 82-170

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Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

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