Gernot Kunz

Europe’s ecosystems do not keep pace with climate warming

New paper in the journal Nature

Stefan Bernhardt

Forest type shapes bird communities throughout the year

Researchers from the University of Jena and iDiv identified bird species using automated audio recordings and artificial intelligence.

petrmalinak / Freepik

Global call uniting synthesis centres on biodiversity and climate enters project phase at iDiv

A global network of synthesis centres and 214 researchers are launching 14 new projects to advance biodiversity and climate research.

Erika Chávez Baxter

Why are conflicts over nature escalating?

Our latest podcast episode features Taylor Dotson. Together with host Volker Hahn, he explores ways of resolving environmental disputes democratically. How do we prevent biodiversity policy from becoming as polarising as climate change?

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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

sTREND 2 working group meeting

30.03.2026 09:00 – 02.04.2026 15:00

Seminar talk by Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Harvard University – Forest resilience and adaptive capacity in an era of rapid global change: insights from experiments and observations of a model clade

01.04.2026 13:00 – 14:00

Seminar talk by Martin Freiberg, Leipzig University – The LifeGate-Project: mapping our planet’s Biodiversity

22.04.2026 13:00 – 14:00

sRealBioFun 1 working group meeting

27.04.2026 09:00 – 30.04.2026 15:00

Seminar talks by Yuxin Chen, Xiamen University – Are we having sRealBioFun yet? Research focus & progress & Yue Qiu, Xiamen University – Climate changes alter how land-use intensification affects grassland plant species persistence in Germany.

29.04.2026 13:00 – 14:00

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

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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

Faktencheck Artenvielfalt shows the state of biodiversity in Germany

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