Land Use Change and the Future
of Biodiversity
Carsten Hobohm, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Christine Börtitz, V. Ralph Clark,
Nadja El Balti, Andreas Fichtner, Scott Franklin, Thomas Gaens,
Werner Härdtle, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Monika Janišová, Jan Jansen,
Martin Lindner, Michaela Moro-Richter, Volker Müller-Benedict,
Konrad Ott, Karl Christoph Reinmuth, Nils M. van Rooijen,
Mattias Sandberg, Joop H. J. Schamineé, Cindy Q. Tang,
Hans-Christoph Vahle, and Sula E. Vanderplank
If aliens would visit our planet today, one of their first
questions to humans might be:
“What are the most important things that you have?”
We think that most people would answer something like:
“Luck, love, health, food, water, shelter, peace, freedom,
participation, work . . .”
And:
“What are your wishes for the future?”
We think that most people would answer something like:
“Best conditions for our children and following
generations.”
And:
“How can you arrange this in the face of all the damage to the
nature?”
We think that the aliens would be embarrassed by the
uncertainty in our answer.
(cf. Robert May 2010 in Science 329: 41–42).
C. Hobohm (*) · C. Börtitz · N. El Balti · M. Moro-Richter
Department of Ecology and Environmental Education, University of Flensburg (EUF),
Flensburg, Germany
e-mail: hobohm@uni-flensburg.de
C. Beierkuhnlein
Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth,
Germany
V. Ralph Clark
Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
A. Fichtner · W. Härdtle
Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
S. Franklin
College of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA
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of Biodiversity
Carsten Hobohm, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Christine Börtitz, V. Ralph Clark,
Nadja El Balti, Andreas Fichtner, Scott Franklin, Thomas Gaens,
Werner Härdtle, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Monika Janišová, Jan Jansen,
Martin Lindner, Michaela Moro-Richter, Volker Müller-Benedict,
Konrad Ott, Karl Christoph Reinmuth, Nils M. van Rooijen,
Mattias Sandberg, Joop H. J. Schamineé, Cindy Q. Tang,
Hans-Christoph Vahle, and Sula E. Vanderplank
If aliens would visit our planet today, one of their first
questions to humans might be:
“What are the most important things that you have?”
We think that most people would answer something like:
“Luck, love, health, food, water, shelter, peace, freedom,
participation, work . . .”
And:
“What are your wishes for the future?”
We think that most people would answer something like:
“Best conditions for our children and following
generations.”
And:
“How can you arrange this in the face of all the damage to the
nature?”
We think that the aliens would be embarrassed by the
uncertainty in our answer.
(cf. Robert May 2010 in Science 329: 41–42).
C. Hobohm (*) · C. Börtitz · N. El Balti · M. Moro-Richter
Department of Ecology and Environmental Education, University of Flensburg (EUF),
Flensburg, Germany
e-mail: hobohm@uni-flensburg.de
C. Beierkuhnlein
Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth,
Germany
V. Ralph Clark
Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
A. Fichtner · W. Härdtle
Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
S. Franklin
College of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
C. Hobohm (ed.), Perspectives for Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Environmental
Challenges and Solutions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57710-0_19
451