Appreciating biodiversity
modernising economic accounting in Germany
News Archive
New directive is a huge opportunity for companies
Bio-Mo-D hosted an economic policy evening (Wirtschaftspolitischer Abend) / Discussion with members of parliament (report, Geman, pdf)
Final conference of the Bio-Mo-D project
Mehrwert Natur - Wie sich die Wirtschaftsberichterstattung verändern muss, um Biodiversität zu erhalten. Added value nature - How business reporting must change in order to preserve biodiversity. (in German)
Systemic stakeholder analysis
Background to the methodology and its application within the Bio-Mo-D project
Potential for agriculture
Discussion event on new reporting on ecosystem services (in German)
The true value of natural assets
Open access book provides an introduction to the topic of natural capital accounting. (in German)
13 June 2024
The Bio-Mo-D project
Why biodiversity is indispensable for our prosperity. Karsten Grunewald explains the project's objectives, results and recommendations for action. (video, in German)
13 June 2024
"The economy must pay more attention to biodiversity"
Guest article by environmental economist and Bio-Mo-D researcher Bernd Hansjürgens in Tagesspiegel Background, in German
6 June 2024
Why ecosystem accounting is important but complicated
Article by Karsten Grunewald in from the Bio-Mo-D-Team in Tagesspiegel Background (in German)
20 February 2024
How companies can utilise natural capital
Environmental economist and Bio-Mo-D researcher Bernd Hansjürgens in an interview with GREEN.WORKS (German)
31 January 2024
VBA CEO Christian Heller in a dialogue with GIST Impact founder Pavan Sukhdev
Video recordingof the conference "Sustainable Finance & Biodiversity" 2024 of the Federal Ministry for the Environment (start of the conversation approx. min. 08:39, end approx. min. 54:45)
30 to 31 January 2024
Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services into decision-making
Kick-off event for the establishment of a 'Community of Practice' (German)
29-30 November 2023
Ecosystem accounting on the way to the environmental policy agenda
Report on the 3rd National Conference on the Further Development of Economic Reporting (German, PDF)
15 November 2023
Bio-Mo-D at Environmental Monitoring Conference
The head of the Bio-Mo-D project, Dr Karsten Grunewald, will speak at the 9th Environmental Monitoring Conference on "Increasing the appreciation of nature and the environment via data on ecosystems and their services" (PDF).
July 2023
Species protection and modern agriculture
Bio-Mo-D visited a BASF FarmNetwork farm in Brandenburg, Germany
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8188441
15 June 2023
Workshop Report in Berlin
Under the title Exploring synergies between corporate & national reporting of biodiversity and ecosystem services, Bio-Mo-D has invited representatives from business, EU, NGO and national organizations to an internal workshop in Berlin.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8158758
7 to 19 December 2022
Together for more transparency
At COP15 in Montreal, Bio-Mo-D brought together leading global standard setters for biodiversity reporting