Second Seminar of the Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity - Looking at our Dining Table: How Do our Food Choices Influence the State of Biodiversity?

Date / Time

28.July.2021 / 16:00 - 17:30

Location

Online (Zoom-Webinar); Please be aware that registration is required. Further information about the seminar and the registration can be found here.

Speakers

• Dr. Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust

• Prof. Jens Dauber, Director, Thünen-Institute for Biodiversity in Braunschweig and Professor for Biodiversity of Agricultural Landscapes, Technische Universität Braunschweig

• Thomas Schneider, Project Manager, Co-Creation Lab Landwirtschaft und Biodiversität (LUB) within the “Saxony5” transfer association

• Prof. Nicole van Dam, Head of Research Group “Molecular Interaction Ecology”, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Co-Convenors

• Dr. Nora Adam, Partnerships & Liaison Officer/ Focal point for biodiversity in the context of the Resource Nexus, UNU-FLORES
• Prof. Remmer Sassen, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden)

Topic

Looking at our Dining Table: How Do our Food Choices Influence the State of Biodiversity?

Biodiversity is essential for the sustainability of our food supply system. It contributes to pollination, pest control, soil fertility, and water quality regulation. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity, a higher diversity of genes, species, and ecosystems leads to a more resilient and efficient production.

The second seminar opens the discussion on how our diet and our choices in the supermarket affect biodiversity on the local, national, and international levels.

The main language of the seminar series is German. Flash talks in English will be supplemented with German subtitles.

Background

Initiated by a UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden team, the Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity aims to increase public awareness for biodiversity. The Dialogue features an online public seminar series and a social media campaign (#BiodiversityofSaxony), spotlighting biodiversity to mobilise action.

The Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity project received the “eku idee” prize 2020 as part of the “eku Future Prize for Energy, Climate, Environment in Saxony” awarded by the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture (SMEKUL). The project also received support from PRISMA – Center for Sustainability Assessment and Policy (Prof. Jochen Schanze, TU Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Board Member of PRISMA) and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (Prof. Josef Settele, Head of Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems).

Be part of the action by tagging your photos on Instagram with the campaign hashtag (#BiodiversityofSaxony) to get your entries featured during the event!

***For the original text from UNU-FLORES, please visit here***