With a toolbox of methods on the career path: Students of our “Urban and Landscape Ecology” Master's program were guided through several protected areas in the northern Ruhr region by employees of the LANUK, the RVR and the Biological Station Kreis Wesel as part of an elective course about career options in the ecological field. In addition to floristic and faunistic knowledge, such as using metal plates as artificial hiding places to help facilitate the mapping of reptiles, the students were also allowed to work as practical nature conservationists and removed young pines from a restored inland sand dune.

We would like to thank everyone involved for the successful day and are pleased about the great interest in nature conservation ecology!