Kiel Institute forthe World Economy(IfW)

Certifcation and evaluation of biofuels (analysis of ecological effectiveness, effciency, potential, market. chances and general conditions forthe utilisation of biofuels); biofuel policy recommendations; modellingand analysis of land-use competitionin relation to bioenergy; analysis ofthe relationship between food. prices and agrofuel demand; explanation of differencesin wellbeingin 80 countries by differencesin species. diversity; conservation of crop genetic diversity by onfarm conservation programmes.

Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel (IfW)

Düsternbrooker Weg***

24105 Kiel

http://www.**w-kiel.de/forschung/umwelt-und-naturlicheressourcen

http://www.**w-kiel.de/forschung/armuts minderung-undentwicklung

Contact on biodiversity

Prof. Gernot Klepper Ph. D.

Tel.: +49 (0)431 8814***

gernot. klepper**[ta]**-kiel.de

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Developmentin Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)

Land-use and changesin land-use; agricultural landscapes; agricultural multifunctionality; option values,socio-economic general conditions for structural changein agriculture and impact on species selection and agrobiodiversity; governance structures forthe use of natural resources; safeguarding agrobiodiversityinthe agricultural sector and rural areas. Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklungin Mittel- ***

Osteuropa (IAMO)

Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2 • 06120 Halle (Saale)

http://www.**mo.de

Contact on biodiversity

Dr. Daniel Müller

Tel:+49 (0)345 29 28***

mueller**[ta]**o.de

Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at theUniversity of Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR)

Recording and documenting biodiversity (collection of marine microorganism strains); identifcation of active. agentsin marine microorganisms; signifcance of genetic diversity within species for population stabilisation;. signifcance of species diversity for carbon and nutrient. retention; signifcance of species diversity for ecosystem. stability; model experiments on diversity-conservation. factors; evolutive adaptations to global change

Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften An der Universität Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR)

Wischhofstr. 1-3 • 24148 Kiel

Düsternbrooker Weg 20 •

 24105 Kiel

http://www.**m-geomar.de

Contact on biodiversity

Prof. Dr. Johannes F. Imhoff

Tel:+49 (0)431 600 ***

jimhoff**[ta]**-geomar.de

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sommer

Tel:+49 (0)431 600 ***

usommer**[ta]**-geomar.de

Dr. Birte Matthiessen

Phone: +49 (0)431 600 ***

bmatthiessen**[ta]**-geomar.de

Leibniz Institute for Regional Developmentand Structural Planning (IRS)

Cultural landscapes as regional common goods; cultural. landscapes as action sites for cooperative regional development to secure sustainability and biodiversity; institutions and governance approaches to integrating theconservation and development of cultural landscapesand solving conflicts of use; regional development and. regional planning for sustainable conservation of biodiversityin relation to global change. Leibniz-Institut für Regionalentwicklung

und Strukturplanung (IRS)

Flakenstr. 28-315537 Erkner

http://www.**s-net.de

Contact on biodiversity

Andreas Röhring.

Tel: +49 (0)3362 793***

kulturlandschaft**[ta]**-net.de

Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)

Evolution, natural products, medicinal plants, screening,metabolomics, proteomics, transcriptomics; signifcance. ofthe evolutive development of metabolic diversity inmedicinal plants; abiotic and biotic functional aspects of diversity; isolation and classifcation ofthe biologically. active substances (natural products)in traditionally used. medicinal plantsin Africa, Asia and South America, as. well asthe Agaricomycotina of Europe

Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB)

Weinberg 3

06120 Halle

http://www.**b-halle.de

Contact on biodiversity

Norbert Arnold.

Tel: +49 (0)345 5582 ***

narnold**[ta]**-halle.de

Prof. Dr. Dieter Strack.

Tel: +49 (0)345 5582 ***

dstrack**[ta]**-halle.de

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Modellingthe impact of global climate change on ecosystem goods and ecosystem services; biodiversity and. its value for nature conservation, functioning cultural. landscapes and sustainable usein developing countries;. macroscale biodiversity, ecosystem functions and climate and land-use changein Europe;the social scientifc dimensions of biodiversity; risks and opportunities. for Germany’s conservation areas under climate change;. sensitivity analyses for European organisms and ecosystems with regard to climate and land-use change and inrelation to invasive species; global biodiversity analyses. onthe basis of biome shifts and their signifcance forthe global economy taking into account increased use. of biomass energy

Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK)

Telegraphenberg a314473 Potsdam

http://www.**k-potsdam.de

Contact on biodiversity

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Cramer.

Tel: +49 (0)331 288 ***

wolfgang. cramer**[ta]**-potsdam.de

Dr. Katrin Vohland.

Tel: +49 (0)30 2093 ***

katrin. vohland**[ta]**-berlin.de

Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology(ZMT)

Survey of speciesin tropical coastal ecosystems (coral. reefs, mangroves, sea grass meadows, coastal waters);. resilience of tropical coastal ecosystems to environmental changes; management recommendations based on. research fndings; conflicts of usein tropical coastal. ecosystems; survey of ecosystems goodsin mangrovesand coral reefs andthe signifcance forthe local population; signifcance of tropical coastal ecosystems for. materials cycles (carbon, nitrogen); function of tropical. coastal ecosystems as protection against natural disasters; characterisation of new species (e. g. new species. of giant mussel fromthe Red Sea); investigation of breeding conditions of coral reef ornaments. Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie

Bremen (ZMT)

Fahrenheitstr. 6

28359 Bremen

http://www.**t-bremen.de

Contact on biodiversity

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Saint-Paul.

Tel: +49 (0)421 2380***

uspaul**[ta]**-bremen.de

Lichen researchinthe Antarctic

[Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN)]

Centre for European Economic Research(ZEW)

Analysis of energy and climate policies (recommendations for sustainable energy and climate policy measures to protectthe environment and biodiversity, land-use.competitioninthe management of natural resources,economic effects of integrating rain forest conservationin international emissions trading); survey of consumer. preferences (genetic innovations, genetically modifed. food, biofuels); economic analysis of biofuels (factors.determining decision to purchase vehicles with alternative engines, employment effects of biofuels); comparison of methods utilisedin biodiversity research (such as. economic experiments, econometric methods, particularly discrete decision models and regression models,technology-based economic simulation models, for example, computable general equilibrium (CGE) models,real options)

Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

L7,1 68161 Mannheim

http://www.**w.de

Contact on biodiversity

PD Dr. Andreas Löschel

Tel: +49 (0)621 1235***

loeschel**[ta]**.de

Dr. Klaus Rennings.

Tel: +49 (0)621 1235***

rennings**[ta]**.de

the Institutions of theLeibniz Association. Section Athe Humanities and Educational Research. DBM Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum DMT-Research Institute. for Mining History and Mining Museum. DIE German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for. Lifelong Learning Bonn. DIPF German Institute for International Educational Research. DM Deutsches Museum Munich. DSM Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven. GEI Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research. GNM Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg. HI Herder-Institut - Centre for Historical Research on East Central. Europe Marburg. IDS Institute forthe German Language, Mannheim. KMRC Knowledge Media Research Center Tübingen. IfZ Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin. IPN Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at theUniversity of Kiel. RGZM Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und

Frühgeschichte. ZPID Leibniz-Institute for Psychology Information Trier. ZZFthe Center for Contemporary History Potsdam. Section B. Economics, Social Sciences, Regional. Infrastructure Research. ARL Academy for Spatial Research and Planning - Leibniz Forum for. Spatial Sciences Hannover. DIW German Institute for Economic Research Berlin

FÖV German Research Institute for Public Administration Spey. GESIS GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences. GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. PRIF Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. IAMO Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Developmentin Central and. Eastern Europe Halle. IfL Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography Leipzig. ifo Ifo Institute for Economic Research atthe University of Munich. IfW Kiel Institute forthe World Economy. ILS ILS - Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development. German Company [Associated member]. IÖR Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development. Dresden

IRS Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural. Planning Erkner. IWH Halle Institute for Economic Research. RWI Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Essen. WZB Social Science Research Center Berlin

ZBW German National Library of Economics - Leibniz Information. Centre for Economics Kiel / Hamburg. ZEW Centre for European Economic Research Mannheim. Section C. Life Sciences. BIPS Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine. [Associated member]. BNI Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg. DDZ German Diabetes Center - Leibniz- Center for Diabetes Research atthe Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. DFA German Research Centre for Food Chemistry Garching. DIfE German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam. DPZ German Primate Centre - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research. Göttingen. DRFZ German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin

DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures. Brunswick. FBN Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology Dummerstorf. FLI Leibniz Institute for Age Research Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena. FMP Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin

FZB Forschungszentrum Borstel Leibniz Center for Medicine and. Biosciences. HKI Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection. Biology - Hans Knöll Institute Jena. HPI Heinrich Pette Institute for Experimental Virology and Immunology atthe University of Hamburg. IfADo Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human. Factors. IfN Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg Center for. Learning and Memory Research. IPB Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Halle. IPK Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research. Gatersleben. IUF Institut für umwelmedizinische Forschung an der HeinrichHeine Universität Düsseldorf gGmbH [Associated member]. IZW Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Ber***

LIFA Leibniz Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research. MfNthe Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research. on Evolution and Biodiversity atthe Humboldt University Berlin

SGN Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung. ZB MED German National Library of Medicine Cologne and Bonn. ZFMK Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Section D. Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering. AIP Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. FBH Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik Berlin

FCH FIZ CHEMIE Berlin -the Chemistry Information Centre. FIZ KA FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. FZD Forschungszentrum Dresden - Rossendorf. IAP Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik an der Universität. Rostock, Kühlungsborn. IFW Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden

IHP IHP GmbH - Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics Frankfurt Oder. IKZ Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth. INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials Saarbrücken. INP Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology Greifswald. IOM Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification Leipzig. IPF Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. Leibniz. Institute of Polymer Research Dresden