- Approximately 30 employees of the Thünen Institute, the Julius Kühn Institute and the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food came together in Bonn for their annual working meeting, a two-day event.
- The Thünen Institute's bumblebee monitoring program saw a further increase in the number of transects started in 2025. Bumblebees from 15 species groups were found, including three Red List species: the shrill carder bumblebee,…
- Under the motto "Thinking about plant protection as a system", the annual meeting of the German Plant Protection Conference was held this year from October 7th to 10th, 2025 in the Technical University of Braunschweig.
- On October 17 and 18 the Wild Bee Team at the Thünen Institute hosted the Wild Bee Monitoring Forum, bringing together volunteers from across Germany, providing a unique opportunity for knowledge exchange and collaboration
- The annual conference organized by the Ecological Society (GfÖ), with participating scientists from Europe and beyond, is considered one of the most comprehensive conferences focusing on ecology in German-speaking countries.
- The Institute for Bee Protection at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) has completed the second year piloting a long-term monitoring of bees in agricultural landscapes
- The Soil Microbiology Working Group of the Thünen Institute of Biodiversity conducted the first close monitoring of soil microorganisms and has optimized methods therefore in the past two years
