Field work in the cooperation project Paris Lodron University Salzburg
From 23 June to 27 June 2025, field work with a focus on UAV recordings took place in the cooperation project UAV-supported monitoring of Saalach floodplain renaturation areas in the province of Salzburg together with the working group Zoological evolutionary biology of PLUS Salzburg. The Colleagues Mike Teucher, Philipp Alb and Detlef Thürkow used LiDAR […]
DiP-SMART Agroforst Day on 26.06.2025 at Roßla Castle
Almost 30% of the agricultural land in Mansfeld-Südharz is threatened by water erosion: These and other topics were discussed on 26.06.2025 in the castle in Roßla (municipality of Südharz) at the 2nd SMART Agroforst Day of our SMART Agroforst project. More than 70 stakeholders from business, science and administration came together. They talked about the […]
DiP-SMART Agroforst and DiP-FaiReSyst visit the Ökofeldtage 2025
On 19.06.2025, Dr. Julia Pöhlitz and Jan Lukas Wenzel, two representatives of the Geoecology working group, attended this year’s Öko-Feldtage at Wassergut Canitz (Saxony). The Ökofeldtage are the ideal meeting place for all organic farmers and all farmers who want to convert or are looking for new methods for environmentally friendly agriculture. The exhibition provided […]
DiP-SMART Agroforst and DiP-FaiReSyst at the Bernburg Innovation Days 2025
On June 18, 2025, DiP-SMART Agroforst and DiP-FaiReSyst, two projects from the Geoecology working group, were represented at this year’s Bernburg Innovation Days. The event provides an opportunity to find out about current developments in agriculture and land use, exchange ideas and network. Dr. Julia Pöhlitz and Jan Lukas Wenzel presented their current work from […]
Agroforestry expert forum – from the past to the future
On 16.06. and 17.06.2025 the “Agroforestry Expert Forum” organized by the Geoecology Working Group and the Bund Heimat und Umwelt Deutschland took place at MLU. The main topic of the workshop with around 30 participants was “From the past to the future” and was particularly important for the two DiP projects “SMART Agroforst” (contact person: […]
DiP-SMART Agroforst represented at MODEMA Agroforestry Field Day
On 20 May 2025, two members of the DiP-SMART Agroforst project, Jonathan Renkel and Jan Lukas Wenzel, attended the MODEMA project’s agroforestry field day on the topic of ‘Soils and water availability in agroforestry systems on dry sites’ at the Dr Eicke Zschoche farm. Together with a broad audience from agriculture, consulting, science and politics, […]
DiP-SMART Agroforst takes part in agroforestry planting campaign!
On 19 May 2025, Jonathan Renkel and Jan Lukas Wenzel, two employees of the DiP-SMART Agroforst project, took part in a spontaneous planting campaign from Lignovis company for an agroforestry system. Three strips of woodland, each with five rows of trees and different varieties of poplar, were planted on an area near Bernburg that is […]
2nd SMART Agroforestry Day on the potential of agroforestry in the South Saxony-Anhalt region
As part of the model region of the bioeconomy for the digitalization of plant value chains (DiP), geoecology is jointly developing new approaches to the bioeconomy in the SMART Agroforst project in order to attractively value woody plants in the structural change region of southern Saxony-Anhalt (https://www.dip-sachsen-anhalt.de/projekt/dip-smartagroforst/). At the 2nd SMART Agroforestry Day, the team […]
DiP launches into the future of the bioeconomy with up to 105 million euros – geoecology included with 3 projects
The south of Saxony-Anhalt is developing into a model region for a sustainable bioeconomy. At our official kick-off event for the “Digitalization of Plant Value Chains” (DiP) on 4 March 2025, all 19 DiP joint projects were able to present themselves and engage in dialogue with stakeholders from the region. Together with around 50 partners […]
Project DiP SMART-Agroforst at Thomas Müntzer secondary school in Allstedt
On 5 February 2025, Prof. Dr Christopher Conrad and Jan Lukas Wenzel, two representatives of the project DiP SMART-Agroforst, visited the ‘Thomas Müntzer’ secondary school in Allstedt to present the project. Prof Dr Bernd Reuter also spoke about his previous work in Allstedt and the importance of intact landscape with well managed woody plants for […]