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Global greening: The Earth’s green wave is shifting

Scientists develop a novel method to track global vegetation states – and discover a shift towards the north-east.

Roadmap for Europe’s biodiversity monitoring system

New study charts how digital technologies, DNA, and coordinated governance can transform biodiversity observation across Europe and support global conservation goals.

Toby Matthews / Ocean Image Bank

Smaller fish and changing food webs – even where species numbers stay the same

Long-term global data show shifts in fish size, feeding relationships, and trophic structure across marine and freshwater ecosystems.

Shawan Chowdhury

Social media images help fill “major gaps” in global biodiversity data

Using the rapidly expanding tawny coster butterfly as a test case, a new paper shows how social media images strengthen — and also expose limits within — global biodiversity datasets and efforts to map species’ movements.

Sebastian Wiedling, UFZ

Is the planetary boundaries framework useful for communication?

Our latest podcast episode features Professor Katrin Böhning-Gaese. It explores the planetary boundaries framework in the context of communication. Has environmental communication overemphasized risks? Can we tell more positive narratives?

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iDiv Summer School 2026

Join this year’s iDiv Summer School on “Passion for Collecting – Collection-Based Research in Plant Ecology” from 24 to 28 August 2026 in Leipzig. Apply by 31 March 2026.

Events

Seminar talk by Hannes Feilhauer, Leipzig University – Remote sensing of fuel-related vegetation properties

25.02.2026 13:00 – 14:00

sMacrobehaviour 2 working group meeting

02.03.2026 09:00 – 05.03.2026 15:00

sModelProBio 1 working group meeting

09.03.2026 09:00 – 12.03.2026 15:00

Seminar talk by Masahiro Ryo, ZALF – Generative AI, smartphone, and citizen science for low-cost, scalable biodiversity monitoring, education, and certification

11.03.2026 13:00 – 14:00

sTREND 2 working group meeting

30.03.2026 09:00 – 02.04.2026 15:00

sRealBioFun 1 working group meeting

27.04.2026 09:00 – 30.04.2026 15:00

sRED 2 working group meeting

18.05.2026 09:00 – 22.05.2026 15:00

sMacros 2 working group meeting

26.05.2026 09:00 – 29.05.2026 15:00

sFragment 3 (reserved)

01.06.2026 09:00 – 05.06.2026 15:00

sNEXT 2

29.06.2026 09:00 – 03.07.2026 15:00

sCREATE 2

29.06.2026 09:00 – 03.07.2026 15:00

sFutures 3

06.07.2026 09:00 – 10.07.2026 15:00

sEcoCarbonMarkets 1

28.09.2026 09:00 – 02.10.2026 15:00

All Events

Numbers

52 percent of all ground beetle species in Germany are in decline

22 percent of species have increased, according to the most comprehensive analysis of ground beetle distribution to date.

Seven iDiv researchers named to 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list

The researchers’ publications must be among the top 1% most cited worldwide to be included.

DFG Festakt Halle 2025 (Photo: Stefan Bernhardt / iDiv)

13 years of DFG funding came to an end in December 2025

The three states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Saxony have committed to funding iDiv beyond 2030

60 percent of Germany’s habitat types have an ecologically unfavourable status

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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig – iDiv

iDiv is a global leader in biodiversity research.

The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research – iDiv is focused on understanding the variety of life on earth. We measure and monitor how this diversity is changing, and how it affects ecosystem functioning and services.

We are establishing the scientific basis for sustainably managing, protecting, and restoring biodiversity for a more resilient future.

iDiv’s Impact