Info Day
Eawag’s Info Day is devoted once a year to a current research topic. The event is aimed at anyone who is interested in the subject, and particularly experts working in the field in focus. The core of the event consists of lectures by Eawag’s resident experts, supplemented with specific contributions from external speakers. The Eawag Info Day serves as a forum for knowledge exchange between academia and practitioners, allowing plenty of time for plenary discussions as well as informal conversations.
Info Day Special 2024: Identifying, preserving and promoting blue-green biodiversity
Conclusion of the "Blue-Green Biodiversity" research initiative by Eawag and WSL
Tuesday, 3 September 2024, AKADEMIE, Empa-Eawag Campus, Dübendorf
Flyer Info Day Special 2024 (german)
Human life and well-being depend largely on nature and its biodiversity. However, biodiversity is declining drastically due to human intervention. In the joint research initiative "Blue-Green Biodiversity", Eawag and WSL have investigated biodiversity at the interface between water and land. Working in interdisciplinary teams, the researchers investigated the question of why and how blue-green biodiversity is currently changing in Switzerland and worldwide.
An important aim of the research initiative was to provide policymakers and practitioners with a basis for developing suitable conservation measures in order to tackle the challenges of species loss in a rapid, targeted and holistic manner. In addition to blue-green ecosystems, the research initiative therefore also analysed sociological and political dimensions such as cooperation with the local population, authorities and politicians.
At the Info Day Special 2024, the two research institutes Eawag and will jointly present the results of selected projects from the research initiative and discuss them with the public.
Led by: Prof. Dr Florian Altermatt, Prof. Dr Catherine Graham
Course languages: German, French, English
Contact
Phone +41 58 765 54 90
E-Mail: infotag@cluttereawag.ch
Program Info Day 2024
The language of each presentation is indicated: German (D), French (F) or English (E)
From 9.00 a.m. | Registration, coffee and croissants |
9.30 a.m. | Welcoming address (D) Professor Dr Martin Ackermann, Director of Eawag, Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich and Faculty ENAC, EPFL |
9.40 a.m. | Introduction: Blue-Green Biodiversity research initiative (D) Professor Dr Florian Altermatt, BGB Co-Project Leader, Aquatic Ecology, Eawag |
Part 1: The political perspective
9.50 a.m. | Biodiversity in federal politics (F) |
10.10 a.m. | Between political quagmires and saving shores (D) |
10.30 a.m. | Blue-green biodiversity: what does the Nature Conservation Act regulate? (D) |
10.50 a.m. | The role of global research in policy-making (E) |
10.55 a.m. | Coffee break |
Part 2: The interconnected view of humans and nature
11.25 a.m. | Social-ecological networks for biodiversity (D) |
11.30 a.m. | River revitalisations with the local population (D) |
11.50 a.m. | Inter- and transdisciplinarity in biodiversity (D) |
11.55 a.m. | Opportunity for blue-green ideas, questions and answers |
12.15 p.m. | Lunch |
Part 3: Designing blue-green habitats
1.45 p.m. | Beavers are creating new blue-green habitats (D) |
2.05 p.m. | Blue-green infrastructure for amphibians (D) |
2.25 p.m. | Designing our neighbourhoods for biodiversity (F) |
2.45 p.m. | Coffee break |
Part 4: Nature conservation and spatial planning
3.15 p.m. | Planning principles for ecological infrastructure (D) |
3.35 p.m. | Promoting biodiversity via municipal land use planning (D) |
3.40 p.m. | Opportunity for blue-green ideas, questions and answers |
4.00 p.m. | Closing remarks Professor Dr Catherine Graham, BGB Co-Project Leader, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation of Biology, WSL |
4.15 p.m. | Apéro |
Info day archive
Here you will find the topics, the programme, the presentations and a picture gallery of the Info Days since 2011
The Info Day magazines of the last years
2023
Info Day Magazine 2023: Aquatic research for sustainable development
2022
Info Day Magazine 2022: Dynamics of water - new tools, new opportunities
2019
Info Day 2019: Balancing the needs of energy production with those of our waters
Info Day 2019 Proceedings (in German)