The Ecosystem Approach of the CBD
Between Scientific Concepts and Practical Demands

Conference Contributions

The following presentations were given at the workshop ”The Ecosystem Approach of the CBD – Between Scientific Concepts and Practical Demands“ which was held at Salzau Castle (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) from Monday, 2006-05-29, to Wednesday, 2006-05-31 (order of the list following the programme schedule of the workshop):

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• Hans-Rudolf Bork (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  The Ecosystem Approach of the CBD – Between Scientific Concepts and Practical Demands – Welcome Address
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• Felix Müller (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  The Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity – Between Scientific Concepts and Practical Demands – Introduction
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• Jutta Stadler (German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation – BfN, Branch Vilm, Germany)
  The Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
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• Horst Korn and Jutta Stadler (German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation – BfN, Branch Vilm, Germany)
  The Ecosystem Aproach of the CBD: the past, present demands, future perspective
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• Christian Haak (UFZ-Environmental Research Centre, Leipzig-Halle, Germany)
  The ecosystem approach and ecological research. Too much to handle?
  Abstract
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• Felix Müller (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Ecosystems: Questions, Concepts, Theories and Indicators
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• Wilhelm Windhorst (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Ecosystems: Management Implications
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• Klaus Dierßen (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Functional aspects of species richness – misinterpretations and challenges
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• Brian D. Fath (Towson University, Towson, MD, USA)
  Ecosystem Theory for Environmental Management
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• Jan Barkmann (University of Göttingen, Germany)
  Felix Müller (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Konstanze Schönthaler (Bosch & Partner, Munich, Germany)
  Ecosystem approaches as tools for environmental management
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• Jenny Rust, Christoph Nowicki, and Pierre L. Ibisch (University of Eberswalde, Germany)
  Ecosystem Approach: teaching & research at the University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde
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• Tommaso Sitzia, Paolo Semenzato, Franco Viola (University of Padua, Italy)
  Ecological risk assessment as a tool to identify priorities in environmental management
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• Nicola Zaccarelli, Irene Petrosillo, Giovanni Zurlini (University of Lecce, Italy)
  Kurt Riitters (Research Triangle Park, NC, USA)
  Tools for the Ecosystem Approach at the Landscape Level
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• Jan Barkmann and Rainer Marggraf (University of Göttingen, Germany)
  Konrad Ott (University of Greifswald, Germany)
  The role of economic valuation in social decision-making processes on biological diversity
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• Hartmut Koehler (University of Bremen, Germany)
  ReviTec^® – a modular approach to restoration in consent with the Ecosystem Approach
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• Klaus Dierßen (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Links between CBD, impact compensation and restoration ecology
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• Axel Paulsch, Cornelia Dziedzioch, and Thomas Plän (Institute for Biodiversity – Network e. V., Regensburg, Germany)
  Applying the Ecosystem Approach in High-Mountain Ecosystems in Germany: Experiences with the Alpine Convention
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• Christine Schmitt and Manfred Denich (Center for Development Research (ZEF) Bonn, Germany)
  Conservation and use of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia
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• Otto Fränzle (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Multiple-scale analysis of an ecosystem complex in northern Germany and related management strategies
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• Heinrich Reck (Ecology Centre Kiel, Germany)
  Some reasons for an species oriented landscape approach within the CBD
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• Anand Narain Singh (Panjab University, Chandigarh, India)
  Spoil characteristics under five years old native woody plantations and unplanted dump in dry tropical environment, India
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• Kurt Jax (UFZ-Environmental Research Centre, Leipzig-Halle, Germany)
  Possibilities and limitations in the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach: a case study from southern Chile
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• Brian D. Fath (Towson University, Towson, MD, USA)
  Geir Halnes (University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden)
  Cyclic Energy Pathways in Ecological Food Webs
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