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Gathering wild fruits and nuts from forests is widespread around the world. However, Central Asia's forests are overexploited in the process. The SUFACHAIN project, which is part of the BMBF's CLIENT II program, aims to contribute to the sustainable ...

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has published a new call for proposals to support the research and education program "Water Security in Africa (WASA)" during the first main phase in Southern Africa.

The projects are coming in the wake of a JPI Oceans call establishing a unique collaboration between Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania and Spain together with BANOS, BlueMed, NOAA and the UN Ocean Decade.

On 28 and 29 April 2022, around 60 participants addressed the current research status of the six "WRAP2.0" projects and their role for West Africa. The research programme "WRAP2.0" of the WASCAL Science Service Centre is funded by the BMBF.

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From Mindelo (Cape Verde) to Bremerhaven (Germany): On board the research vessel Maria S. Merian, theory and practice are on the curriculum of the 14 students of the WASCAL Master's programme "Climate Change and Marine Sciences", which is funded by the ...

Laying of the foundation stone on Cape Verde: The official start of construction of the new WASCAL research and administration building took place today in Mindelo. The BMBF is funding the construction of the building as a sponsor of the WASCAL master's ...

In a recent study, researchers from the MOPGA-GRI team at the Helmholtz Centre Hereon in Geesthacht have been able to prove that tropical seagrass meadows cannot absorb as much CO2 as has long been assumed.

The Changing Arctic Ocean End of Programme events will take place on 30th November and 2nd December 2021, including a presentation of major results and a briefing for policy makers, respectively. This will allow the opportunity for all projects involved ...

With the International Master’s Program in Energy and Green Hydrogen (IMP-EGH), the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aim to provide local ...

Researchers from the German-French MOPGA programme (Make Our Planet Great Again) offer insights into their work. A weekly web seminar series is now starting for this purpose, which is open to all interested parties.

The BioRescue project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) successfully created another three embryos of the northern white rhinoceros, one of the rarest large mammals on earth and on the brink of extinction. In early July 2021 ...

The German-Israeli water technology cooperation enters a new round. With a deadline of October 7th, 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) are again inviting ...

New MEWAC funding measure supports transboundary water projects

This year’s General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (vEGU21) will host a large interdisciplinary MOPGA session, taking place on April 30th 2021. The session is dedicated to all three fields of research set out by the MOPGA programme: Climate ...