Land Use development for Climate Adaptation - LUCA at IfaS
@luca-at-ifas.bsky.social
Account of the IfaS-institute on projects focusing on natural climate protection & nature-based solutions. IfaS, the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management, is an institute of the Trier University of Applied Sciences: https://linktr.ee/LUCA_IfaS
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What are the benefits of #agroforestry for #watermanagement and #waterbalance in #agriculture and in the #landscape? 🌳🌾💧
Figure available in EN 🇬🇧 DE 🇩🇪 NL 🇳🇱 and FR 🇫🇷
More information on afaktive.stoffstrom.org/en/
Figure available in EN 🇬🇧 DE 🇩🇪 NL 🇳🇱 and FR 🇫🇷
More information on afaktive.stoffstrom.org/en/
🌳Agroforst als Chance für Natur- & Klimaschutz in der Landwirtschaft.🚜 Auf der PIK-Tagung in Hannover wurde klar – Agroforstsysteme können Ackerlandschaften ökologisch aufwerten & Naturschutz produktionsintegriert machen.
#Agroforst #ProduktionssintegrierteKompensation #Naturschutz #Landwirtschaft
#Agroforst #ProduktionssintegrierteKompensation #Naturschutz #Landwirtschaft
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🌳Agroforst als Chance für Natur- & Klimaschutz in der Landwirtschaft.🚜 Auf der PIK-Tagung in Hannover wurde klar – Agroforstsysteme können Ackerlandschaften ökologisch aufwerten & Naturschutz produktionsintegriert machen.
#Agroforst #ProduktionssintegrierteKompensation #Naturschutz #Landwirtschaft
#Agroforst #ProduktionssintegrierteKompensation #Naturschutz #Landwirtschaft
It’s World Soil Day 🌱
Soil isn’t “just dirt” — it’s a living system that shapes how landscapes handle floods & droughts. 🌧️☀️
In AFaktive, we study how trees improve water balance & soil life in agroforestry fields. 🌳💧
🔗 Upcoming newsletter: afaktive.stoffstrom.org
#WorldSoilDay #Agroforestry #Soil
Soil isn’t “just dirt” — it’s a living system that shapes how landscapes handle floods & droughts. 🌧️☀️
In AFaktive, we study how trees improve water balance & soil life in agroforestry fields. 🌳💧
🔗 Upcoming newsletter: afaktive.stoffstrom.org
#WorldSoilDay #Agroforestry #Soil
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It’s World Soil Day 🌱
Soil isn’t “just dirt” — it’s a living system that shapes how landscapes handle floods & droughts. 🌧️☀️
In AFaktive, we study how trees improve water balance & soil life in agroforestry fields. 🌳💧
🔗 Upcoming newsletter: afaktive.stoffstrom.org
#WorldSoilDay #Agroforestry #Soil
Soil isn’t “just dirt” — it’s a living system that shapes how landscapes handle floods & droughts. 🌧️☀️
In AFaktive, we study how trees improve water balance & soil life in agroforestry fields. 🌳💧
🔗 Upcoming newsletter: afaktive.stoffstrom.org
#WorldSoilDay #Agroforestry #Soil
📢 The Saarland Chamber of Agriculture reports increasing risk of #erosion. Erosion protection regulations are being revised, plowing restricted
🌧️🌬️ Climate change is exacerbating erosion. #Agroforestry can help: trees stabilize #soil, slow down wind, and improve #water availability. 🌳💧
🌧️🌬️ Climate change is exacerbating erosion. #Agroforestry can help: trees stabilize #soil, slow down wind, and improve #water availability. 🌳💧
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📢 The Saarland Chamber of Agriculture reports increasing risk of #erosion. Erosion protection regulations are being revised, plowing restricted
🌧️🌬️ Climate change is exacerbating erosion. #Agroforestry can help: trees stabilize #soil, slow down wind, and improve #water availability. 🌳💧
🌧️🌬️ Climate change is exacerbating erosion. #Agroforestry can help: trees stabilize #soil, slow down wind, and improve #water availability. 🌳💧
📢 Landwirtschaftskammer Saarland meldet steigende Erosionsgefahr. Die Erosionsschutzverordnung wird neu berechnet, der Pflugeinsatz eingeschränkt
🌧️🌬️ Durch Klimawandel nimmt Erosion zu. Agroforst kann helfen: Bäume stabilisieren Böden, bremsen Wind und verbessern die Wasserverfügbarkeit. 🌳💧
🌧️🌬️ Durch Klimawandel nimmt Erosion zu. Agroforst kann helfen: Bäume stabilisieren Böden, bremsen Wind und verbessern die Wasserverfügbarkeit. 🌳💧
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢 Landwirtschaftskammer Saarland meldet steigende Erosionsgefahr. Die Erosionsschutzverordnung wird neu berechnet, der Pflugeinsatz eingeschränkt
🌧️🌬️ Durch Klimawandel nimmt Erosion zu. Agroforst kann helfen: Bäume stabilisieren Böden, bremsen Wind und verbessern die Wasserverfügbarkeit. 🌳💧
🌧️🌬️ Durch Klimawandel nimmt Erosion zu. Agroforst kann helfen: Bäume stabilisieren Böden, bremsen Wind und verbessern die Wasserverfügbarkeit. 🌳💧
💧🌳 How do trees change water on farms? We’re still finding out.
🔬 #AFaktive is closing key gaps with pilot sites, modelling, and farmer collaboration — building a clearer picture of how trees boost water balance, resilience, and farm systems. 🌱💧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZD...
🔬 #AFaktive is closing key gaps with pilot sites, modelling, and farmer collaboration — building a clearer picture of how trees boost water balance, resilience, and farm systems. 🌱💧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZD...
🌱 #watermanagement is a hot topic in agriculture #Agroforestry #ClimateAdaptation
YouTube video by LUCA
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November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
💧🌳 How do trees change water on farms? We’re still finding out.
🔬 #AFaktive is closing key gaps with pilot sites, modelling, and farmer collaboration — building a clearer picture of how trees boost water balance, resilience, and farm systems. 🌱💧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZD...
🔬 #AFaktive is closing key gaps with pilot sites, modelling, and farmer collaboration — building a clearer picture of how trees boost water balance, resilience, and farm systems. 🌱💧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZD...
Wie werden Dörfer zu erneuerbaren Energiegemeinschaften? 🌳 #Agroforst kann ein Schlüssel sein: #Mehrnutzung, regionale Wertschöpfung & starke Kooperationen.
Spannender Einblick aus unserem AGROfloW-Projekt, von der @fnr.de Veranstaltungsreihe👉 agroflow.stoffstrom.org/2025/11/20/m...
Spannender Einblick aus unserem AGROfloW-Projekt, von der @fnr.de Veranstaltungsreihe👉 agroflow.stoffstrom.org/2025/11/20/m...
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Wie werden Dörfer zu erneuerbaren Energiegemeinschaften? 🌳 #Agroforst kann ein Schlüssel sein: #Mehrnutzung, regionale Wertschöpfung & starke Kooperationen.
Spannender Einblick aus unserem AGROfloW-Projekt, von der @fnr.de Veranstaltungsreihe👉 agroflow.stoffstrom.org/2025/11/20/m...
Spannender Einblick aus unserem AGROfloW-Projekt, von der @fnr.de Veranstaltungsreihe👉 agroflow.stoffstrom.org/2025/11/20/m...
Discover how #trees, water management, and farmer-led innovation come together across DE, BE, and the NL💧
🌱 #AFaktive shows how agroforestry systems can protect against #floods, generate products for new value chains, and support local #farming communities. 🧑🌾👩🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvC...
🌱 #AFaktive shows how agroforestry systems can protect against #floods, generate products for new value chains, and support local #farming communities. 🧑🌾👩🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvC...
💧 Why is no one talking about the water in #agroforestry ?
YouTube video by LUCA
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November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Discover how #trees, water management, and farmer-led innovation come together across DE, BE, and the NL💧
🌱 #AFaktive shows how agroforestry systems can protect against #floods, generate products for new value chains, and support local #farming communities. 🧑🌾👩🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvC...
🌱 #AFaktive shows how agroforestry systems can protect against #floods, generate products for new value chains, and support local #farming communities. 🧑🌾👩🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvC...
Europe’s farms face floods, droughts & heat. 🌧️🌡️
What if trees were part of the solution? 🌳
#Agroforestry reconnects farming with nature—boosting resilience and balance. 🚜🌿
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmor...
#ClimateAdaptation #FarmResilience #RegenerativeAgriculture #LandUse #watermanagement
What if trees were part of the solution? 🌳
#Agroforestry reconnects farming with nature—boosting resilience and balance. 🚜🌿
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmor...
#ClimateAdaptation #FarmResilience #RegenerativeAgriculture #LandUse #watermanagement
🌳 Why trees will help farmers in times of #climatechange🌳
YouTube video by LUCA
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November 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Europe’s farms face floods, droughts & heat. 🌧️🌡️
What if trees were part of the solution? 🌳
#Agroforestry reconnects farming with nature—boosting resilience and balance. 🚜🌿
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmor...
#ClimateAdaptation #FarmResilience #RegenerativeAgriculture #LandUse #watermanagement
What if trees were part of the solution? 🌳
#Agroforestry reconnects farming with nature—boosting resilience and balance. 🚜🌿
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmor...
#ClimateAdaptation #FarmResilience #RegenerativeAgriculture #LandUse #watermanagement
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🌳 New Research - Applying the Cultural Values Model to assess biocultural change in Eastern European wood-pastures #Transylvania
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October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🌳 New Research - Applying the Cultural Values Model to assess biocultural change in Eastern European wood-pastures #Transylvania
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🌳 Ever wondered how culture and nature evolve together? Our latest paper in People and Nature explores Eastern Europe’s ancient wood pastures—their ecology, heritage & resilience. A milestone from the IfaS & Babeș-Bolyai team of the Transylvanian Wood Pasture project 🌿
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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌳 Ever wondered how culture and nature evolve together? Our latest paper in People and Nature explores Eastern Europe’s ancient wood pastures—their ecology, heritage & resilience. A milestone from the IfaS & Babeș-Bolyai team of the Transylvanian Wood Pasture project 🌿
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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🤝 IfaS & FITT met yesterday at the HTW Saar to coordinate #AFaktive & #AGROfloW. Focus: #agroforestry sites, sensor monitoring & data for rainfall simulations. Goal: help municipalities plan for extreme weather events prevention. 🌳💧
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🤝 IfaS & FITT met yesterday at the HTW Saar to coordinate #AFaktive & #AGROfloW. Focus: #agroforestry sites, sensor monitoring & data for rainfall simulations. Goal: help municipalities plan for extreme weather events prevention. 🌳💧
💧Handbook by @ecologic.eu on water retention highlights #agriculture as key for #climateadaptation 🌱 Among the measures: #agroforestry — trees that cool, slow wind, store carbon, support soil health & create new value chains 🌳
Read more below ⬇️
#waterretention #soil
Read more below ⬇️
#waterretention #soil
10 Lösungen, wie Landwirtschaft dem Klimawandel trotzen kann.
Unser neues Maßnahmenhandbuch zeigt:
#Landwirtschaft kann Wasser halten, Böden schützen und #Artenvielfalt fördern – wenn sie die richtigen Werkzeuge bekommt.
Jetzt reinschauen, teilen, diskutieren 👇
📎 www.ecologic.eu/de/20053
@wwf.de
Unser neues Maßnahmenhandbuch zeigt:
#Landwirtschaft kann Wasser halten, Böden schützen und #Artenvielfalt fördern – wenn sie die richtigen Werkzeuge bekommt.
Jetzt reinschauen, teilen, diskutieren 👇
📎 www.ecologic.eu/de/20053
@wwf.de
October 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
💧Handbook by @ecologic.eu on water retention highlights #agriculture as key for #climateadaptation 🌱 Among the measures: #agroforestry — trees that cool, slow wind, store carbon, support soil health & create new value chains 🌳
Read more below ⬇️
#waterretention #soil
Read more below ⬇️
#waterretention #soil
🌳The #AFaktive, #AGROfloW & #MODEMA teams joined the 10th Agroforestry Systems Forum in Gießen, sharing insights on #modelling & #water balance. MODEMA presented first results on time requirements for key processes — paving the way for economic assessments🌿 afaktive.stoffstrom.org/en/2025/10/1...
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌳The #AFaktive, #AGROfloW & #MODEMA teams joined the 10th Agroforestry Systems Forum in Gießen, sharing insights on #modelling & #water balance. MODEMA presented first results on time requirements for key processes — paving the way for economic assessments🌿 afaktive.stoffstrom.org/en/2025/10/1...
💧 New article in the DWA magazine highlights how #agroforestry improves water retention & resilience. 🌳 Based on #AFaktive & #AGROfloW results, with HTW Saar & IfaS contributing to new DWA work on water management in agriculture. Read full article in German here: tinyurl.com/5f87nr9w
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
💧 New article in the DWA magazine highlights how #agroforestry improves water retention & resilience. 🌳 Based on #AFaktive & #AGROfloW results, with HTW Saar & IfaS contributing to new DWA work on water management in agriculture. Read full article in German here: tinyurl.com/5f87nr9w
🌾 The #AFaktive project joined the Euroregional Forum 2025 workshop on #regenerativeagriculture, presenting #agroforestry as a key #climateadaptation tool for better #watermanagement and resilient landscapes. 🌳💧 More info: www.drielandenpark.info
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🌾 The #AFaktive project joined the Euroregional Forum 2025 workshop on #regenerativeagriculture, presenting #agroforestry as a key #climateadaptation tool for better #watermanagement and resilient landscapes. 🌳💧 More info: www.drielandenpark.info
👏 Congrats to Wurzener Landwerke GmbH for being nominated for the German Stadtwerke Award 2025! Their project “Agroforestry for the Heat Transition” shows how local ideas & sustainable farming can drive a climate-friendly heat supply. 🌳🔥 #ZENAPA
Watch video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J21...
Watch video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J21...
Wurzener Land-Werke GmbH
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October 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
👏 Congrats to Wurzener Landwerke GmbH for being nominated for the German Stadtwerke Award 2025! Their project “Agroforestry for the Heat Transition” shows how local ideas & sustainable farming can drive a climate-friendly heat supply. 🌳🔥 #ZENAPA
Watch video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J21...
Watch video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J21...
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🎥 See agroforestry in action!
Willem Van Colen from Inagro’s Living Lab in 🇧🇪 answers:
🌳 What are the benefits?
🌳 How were species chosen?
🌳 What’s next?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMiw...
More: agroreforest.eu/living-labs
#Agroforestry #ReForest #Inagro #Sustainability #FarmTree
Willem Van Colen from Inagro’s Living Lab in 🇧🇪 answers:
🌳 What are the benefits?
🌳 How were species chosen?
🌳 What’s next?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMiw...
More: agroreforest.eu/living-labs
#Agroforestry #ReForest #Inagro #Sustainability #FarmTree
Lighthouse Agroforestry 2025 - Reforest
YouTube video by Inagro vzw
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October 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🎥 See agroforestry in action!
Willem Van Colen from Inagro’s Living Lab in 🇧🇪 answers:
🌳 What are the benefits?
🌳 How were species chosen?
🌳 What’s next?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMiw...
More: agroreforest.eu/living-labs
#Agroforestry #ReForest #Inagro #Sustainability #FarmTree
Willem Van Colen from Inagro’s Living Lab in 🇧🇪 answers:
🌳 What are the benefits?
🌳 How were species chosen?
🌳 What’s next?
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMiw...
More: agroreforest.eu/living-labs
#Agroforestry #ReForest #Inagro #Sustainability #FarmTree
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🌱 #Webinar: FarmTree Advantage
🗓️ Oct 23, 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–14:00 CET
Discover how FarmTree helps build stronger #agroforestry systems, value chains & livelihoods.
🔗 Register: agroreforest.eu/event/farmtr...
#Agroforestry #ReForest #FarmTree #Agroecology #Webinar #EUFarming #ClimateAction
🗓️ Oct 23, 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–14:00 CET
Discover how FarmTree helps build stronger #agroforestry systems, value chains & livelihoods.
🔗 Register: agroreforest.eu/event/farmtr...
#Agroforestry #ReForest #FarmTree #Agroecology #Webinar #EUFarming #ClimateAction
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🌱 #Webinar: FarmTree Advantage
🗓️ Oct 23, 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–14:00 CET
Discover how FarmTree helps build stronger #agroforestry systems, value chains & livelihoods.
🔗 Register: agroreforest.eu/event/farmtr...
#Agroforestry #ReForest #FarmTree #Agroecology #Webinar #EUFarming #ClimateAction
🗓️ Oct 23, 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–14:00 CET
Discover how FarmTree helps build stronger #agroforestry systems, value chains & livelihoods.
🔗 Register: agroreforest.eu/event/farmtr...
#Agroforestry #ReForest #FarmTree #Agroecology #Webinar #EUFarming #ClimateAction
🌳 On 20th-21st September, #AFaktive partner ILVO (Institute of Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research ) participated in the #Werktuigendagen (agricultural machinery days) in Oudernaarde, Belgium 🚜 They represented AFaktive with their #agroforestry stand ➡️ www.werktuigendagen.be/en/
October 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🌳 On 20th-21st September, #AFaktive partner ILVO (Institute of Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research ) participated in the #Werktuigendagen (agricultural machinery days) in Oudernaarde, Belgium 🚜 They represented AFaktive with their #agroforestry stand ➡️ www.werktuigendagen.be/en/
⛱️🌊 Have you missed the latest #AFaktive #Newsletter because you were on holidays? ☀️🐠 No problem! 👉 Here you can read how the project has been progressing in 2025: afaktive.stoffstrom.org?mailpoet_rou...
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
⛱️🌊 Have you missed the latest #AFaktive #Newsletter because you were on holidays? ☀️🐠 No problem! 👉 Here you can read how the project has been progressing in 2025: afaktive.stoffstrom.org?mailpoet_rou...
🌳The #AFaktive project joined the 10th German #Agroforestry Forum in Gießen organised by DeFAF e.V.🤝 A great chance to exchange on #watermanagement and highlight agroforestry as a tool for #climateadaptation.💧 Poster credits to the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) focusing on #policy
October 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌳The #AFaktive project joined the 10th German #Agroforestry Forum in Gießen organised by DeFAF e.V.🤝 A great chance to exchange on #watermanagement and highlight agroforestry as a tool for #climateadaptation.💧 Poster credits to the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) focusing on #policy
IfaS Beitrag im Sammelband „Mit Energie gestalten!“ (Agrosoziale Gesellschaft) zu nachwachsenden Rohstoffen & #Klimaanpassung. Fokus: #Agroforstsysteme, Mehrnutzung & Synergien. Grundlage: @umweltstiftung.bsky.social-Projekt „Die Energiewende als Chance für ländliche Räume?!“
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
IfaS Beitrag im Sammelband „Mit Energie gestalten!“ (Agrosoziale Gesellschaft) zu nachwachsenden Rohstoffen & #Klimaanpassung. Fokus: #Agroforstsysteme, Mehrnutzung & Synergien. Grundlage: @umweltstiftung.bsky.social-Projekt „Die Energiewende als Chance für ländliche Räume?!“
Last week, the annual #AFaktive partner meeting took place in NL🤝The partnters discussed the #agroforestry sites in Germany, Netherlands & Belgium 🌳 as well as and next steps concerning monitoring #sensors 🔬 #modelling tool 💻 upscaling of agroforestry ↗️ capacity building 🎓 and policy #LIFEprogramme
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Last week, the annual #AFaktive partner meeting took place in NL🤝The partnters discussed the #agroforestry sites in Germany, Netherlands & Belgium 🌳 as well as and next steps concerning monitoring #sensors 🔬 #modelling tool 💻 upscaling of agroforestry ↗️ capacity building 🎓 and policy #LIFEprogramme
📢 Check out our latest video in our #agroforestry video series:
"New agroforestry system in Saxony: A symbiosis of food production and nature conservation"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJa...
🔔 #Subscribe to our YouTube channel in order not to miss out on the next videos of the series! 🔥
"New agroforestry system in Saxony: A symbiosis of food production and nature conservation"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJa...
🔔 #Subscribe to our YouTube channel in order not to miss out on the next videos of the series! 🔥
New Agroforestry System in Saxony: A Symbiosis of Food Production and Nature Conservation
YouTube video by LUCA
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September 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Check out our latest video in our #agroforestry video series:
"New agroforestry system in Saxony: A symbiosis of food production and nature conservation"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJa...
🔔 #Subscribe to our YouTube channel in order not to miss out on the next videos of the series! 🔥
"New agroforestry system in Saxony: A symbiosis of food production and nature conservation"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJa...
🔔 #Subscribe to our YouTube channel in order not to miss out on the next videos of the series! 🔥
#Wassermanagement ist ein sehr aktuelles Thema, auf das wir am IfaS-Institut über unterschiedliche Agroforstprojekte fokussieren. 🌳💧🌾 #Bäume in Ackerfeldern aber auch auf Wiesen helfen die Landschaft dabei, die extreme Folgen von #Klimawandel wie Dürre und Überflutungen abzumilden. 💪
Standortrisiko Wasser: Viele Unternehmen kennen ihren Wasserverbrauch kaum – mit riskanten Folgen für Umwelt und Wirtschaft. Warum Wassermanagement zur zentralen Nachhaltigkeitsfrage wird, klären wir im Interview #Leseempfehlung
Standortrisiko Wasser: Deutschlands Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Gefahr
Unternehmen unterschätzen oft ihren Wasserverbrauch. WWF und UN Global Compact zeigen, warum Wassermanagement zur zentralen Nachhaltigkeitsfrage wird.
www.focus.de
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#Wassermanagement ist ein sehr aktuelles Thema, auf das wir am IfaS-Institut über unterschiedliche Agroforstprojekte fokussieren. 🌳💧🌾 #Bäume in Ackerfeldern aber auch auf Wiesen helfen die Landschaft dabei, die extreme Folgen von #Klimawandel wie Dürre und Überflutungen abzumilden. 💪