German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Opening Symposium in Leipzig

The iDiv Opening Symposium ‘Integrative Biodiversity Research – a young discipline under time pressure’ was held on April 19^th 2013. International experts held presentations about the perspectives of integrative biodiversity research.

 

 
The iDiv Directorate: Prof. Dr. Helge Bruelheide, Prof. Dr. Kirsten Küsel, Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth and Prof. Dr. Francois Buscot.
(from left to right, photo: Sven Reinhold)

Opening symposium at the University of Leipzig. (Photo: Sven Reinhold)

Prof. Klaus Töpfer, the director of the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam gave a talk entitled "Biodiversity as a precondition for sustainable development". (Photo: Sven Reinhold)