TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krutschinna, Jenny
A1  - Streit, Bruno
T1  - The biodiversity network BioFrankfurt : an innovative strategic approach to integrative research, conservation, and education
T2  - Biorisk
N2  - Responding to inadequate awareness of the outstanding importance of biodiversity, the BioFrankfurt network was founded in 2004 in the State of Hesse, Germany. It is presented here as a case study and may serve as a model for other parts of the world, such as the Middle East. In 2007, only about 26% of the German population were familiar with the term “Biodiversity”, and most of them only had a vague idea about its meaning. The BioFrankfurt network of institutions addressed this problem, raising public awareness and supporting research, education and conservation. A regional biodiversity education program has been developed and delivered to more than 500 schools. Since 2007, an innovative public relations campaign combines raising awareness on regional biodiversity issues with activities to improve the public image of the Frankfurt area. Because of its geographical focus, the network’s activities gained the attention of local and regional politicians and other decision makers, culminating in the joint establishment of a new Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre by BioFrankfurt member institutions. The success of current activities attracts interesting partners, resulting in challenging cooperation initiatives. The authors are convinced that the network’s concepts and activities have a great potential to profoundly enhance the notion and acceptance of biodiversity issues elsewhere. Keywords: BioFrankfurt, biodiversity network, education, public awareness, scientifi c communication
KW  - BioFrankfurt
KW  - biodiversity network
KW  - education
KW  - public awareness
KW  - scientific communication
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/8035
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-79853
SN  - 1313-2652
SN  - 1313-2644
N1  - Copyright J. Krutschinna, B. Streit. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
VL  - 3
SP  - 21
EP  - 25
PB  - Pensoft
CY  - Sofia [u. a.]
ER  -