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04.09.2025 – Group retreat and kick-off academic year - Urban Ecology and Biodiversity lab
To start off the new academic year, we went on a two-day retreat in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia. On the programme were reflections and discussions as well as our new research and funding strategy, and, of course, we visited some interesting places – such as an area of a species endemic to NRW!

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11. Juli 2025 – Nature Conservation in Practice: Master’s Students Explore Protected Areas in the Northern Ruhr Region
As part of an elective module about career options in the ecological field, students enrolled in our ‘Urban and Landscape Ecology’ Master's programme were given a guided tour of several protected areas.

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07.07.2025 – Results of the Stakeholder Workshop "Urban Green Spaces Between Ecological Restoration, Wilderness and Industrial Heritage"
A strategy paper summarizes the key challenges in designing urban green spaces that were discussed in the workshop and makes recommendations for their biodiversity-promoting development.

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23.06.2025 – Students Visit Grassland Project in the City of Essen
Valentin Klaus and his Master's course visited a grassland restoration area on a cemetery in the city of Essen. The volunteers of the local environmental NGO presented their project for the ecological enhancement of urban green spaces and introduced the students to the biodiversity of the meadows.

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18. Juni 2025 – Industrienatur-Exkursion der AG Stadtökologie und Biodiversität mit Ellen De Vrieze
During another visit by the guest researcher, team members from the working group visited various locations in the Ruhr region.

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04. Juni 2025 – Hamburg Exkursion in March 2026

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02. Juni 2025 – The new EU Nature Restoration Law lacks ambitious targets for urban biodiversity
The new EU Nature Restoration Law has great potential to sustainably promote biodiversity. However, a team of scientists led by Valentin Klaus criticizes the fact that the regulation largely ignores urban biodiversity.

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02. Juni 2025 – Great Newts! Students Search for Amphibians in the Botanic Garden
Under the guidance of Guido Weber, the participants of the Master's course "Messen und Modellieren I" learned about the local stillwater fauna.

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20. Februar 2025 – Jacqueline Hoppenreijs, PhD, is the newest member of the Urban Ecology and Biodiversity working group
The working group welcomes a new team member.

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19.02.2025 – Welcome Simon Moesch!
The Urban Ecology and Biodiversity working group welcomes its first scientific employee.

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27. Januar 2025 – Hartelijk welkom Ellen De Vrieze!
We welcome Ellen De Vrieze, who is visiting our ‘Urban Ecology and Biodiversity’ lab for six weeks and is involved in the ReNatUrE project.

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