Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Biosphere - WBGU

Acknowledgements
This report would not have been possible without
the committed and untiring effort of the staff of the
Council Members and the Council’s Secretariat in
Bremerhaven.
The Council wishes to express its fullest gratitude
to all those research fellows who participated in the
work of the Council when this report was written:
Prof Dr Meinhard Schulz-Baldes (Director, Secretariat
Bremerhaven), Dr Carsten Loose (Deputy
Director, Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Frank Biermann,
LL.M. (Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Arthur
Block (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research), Referendar-jur. Markus Böckenförde
(University of Düsseldorf), Dr Astrid Bracher
(Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Research, Bremerhaven), Dipl.-Geogr. Gerald
Busch (University of Göttingen), Referendarin-jur.
Cosima Erben (University of Düsseldorf), Dipl.-Ing.
Mark Fleischhauer (University of Dortmund), Dr
Ursula Fuentes Hutfilter (Secretariat Bremerhaven),
Dr Georg Heiss (Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Dirk
Hilmes (University Hospital Dermatology and Venerology,
Göttingen), Andreas Klinke, M.A. (Academy
for Technology Impact Assessment, Stuttgart),
Dipl.-Psych. Dörthe Krömker (University of
Hagen), Dipl.-Geogr. Jacques Léonardi (University
of Hamburg), Dr Roger Lienenkamp (University of
Dortmund), Dr Heike Mumm (University of Konstanz),
Dipl.-Biol. Martina Mund (University of
Bayreuth), Dipl.-Volksw. Thilo Pahl (University of
Marburg), Dr Benno Pilardeaux (Secretariat Bremerhaven),
Dipl.-Geoökol. Christiane Ploetz (Max
Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena), Dipl.-
Biol. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen (Max Planck Institute
for Biogeochemistry, Jena), Dipl.-Pol. Jessica
Suplie (Secretariat Bremerhaven), Dr Rüdiger Wink
(University of Bochum).
The Council also wishes to thank Vesna Karic-
Fazlic and Ursula Liebert (Secretariat Bremerhaven)
for providing organizational and logistical support
when the report was written, and Martina Schneider-
Kremer, M.A. (Secretariat Bremerhaven) for comprehensive
editorial work and support.
The Council also owes its gratitude to the important
contributions and support by other members of
the research community. This report builds on comments
and reports in particular from:
Frau Roswitha Asche, Biberach: Übersetzung
forstlicher Fachausdrücke aus dem Italienischen ins
Deutsche.
Dipl.-Ing. agr. Stephanie Franck, University of
Kassel, Faculty of Agriculture and Max Planck Institute
for Comparative Public Law and International
Law, Heidelberg, Dipl.-agr.-biol. Antje Schierholt,
University of Göttingen and Prof Dr Karl Hammer,
University of Kassel, Department of Agrobiodiversity:
Bedrohung durch globale Veränderungen.
Dr Oliver Fromm, University of Kassel: Economic
review of the WBGU special report ‘World in Transition:
Environment and Ethics ’.
Prof Dr Gerd Hubold, Federal Research Centre
for Fisheries: Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Hochseefischerei.
Dipl.-Volksw.Wiebke Lass, Society for Socio-Economic
Research (GSF), Potsdam together with Dipl.-
Geogr. Martin Cassel-Gintz, M.A., Dipl.-Phys. M.
Phil. Oliver Moldenhauer, Dr Gerhard Petschel-
Held, Dr Fritz Reusswig and Dipl.-Geogr. Katja
Woth (all Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research): Vernetzung von Bio- und Anthroposphäre:
Das Raubbau-Syndrom.
Prof Dr Konrad Ott, University of Greifswald:
Ethik – Die Begründungen zum Schutz biologischer
Vielfalt.
Dr Thomas Plän, inf Information Management
Biotechnology, Regensburg: Indikatoren und Kritikalitätsanalyse
and Bioprospecting: Nutzungsinteressen,
Anwendungsgebiete und Potential.
Prof Dr W. Ströbele and PD Dr Holger Wacker,
University of Münster: Umweltpolitische Bestandsaufnahme
einer Biodiversitätspolitik.
Dr Wolfgang Vischer, Tübingen: Philosophic
review of the WBGU special report ‘World in Transition:
Environment and Ethics’.
Moreover, the Council also wishes to thank Prof
Dr Hartmut Graßl (MPI for Meteorology, Hamburg),
Dr Axel Kleidon (Stanford University), Prof