The extremely fruitful collaboration between IfaS and Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering) on the Transylvanian Wood Pasture project has resulted in the publication of another key research article in People and Nature as a scientific reference for the entire project (funded by the DBU Foundation): link to the article […]

With its innovative project ‘Agroforestry for the Heat Transition,’ Wurzener Land-Werke GmbH was among the finalists for the prestigious STADTWERKE AWARD 2025. The project is the result of close cooperation between many stakeholders: from the Agrargenossenschaft Böhlitz e. G. agricultural cooperative, which made the agricultural land available, to EU funding through the EU LIFE project

From 17 to 18 September 2025, the 10th Agroforestry Systems Forum of the German Association for Agroforestry (Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft, DeFAF e.V.) took place at Justus Liebig University in Giessen. The Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) was prominently represented with its AFaktive and AGROfloW projects and its participation in the MODEMA project,

With 14,000 members, the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V., DWA) is the largest association in this field in Europe. In addition to developing standards for engineering planning, the DWA promotes professional exchange between authorities, engineering firms, municipalities and the scientific community. An important pillar

Last week, the third AFaktive annual partner meeting took place in Holland. The partners met at the premises of the partner Royal Eijkelkamp, a Dutch company producing sensors for the monitoring of the AFaktive agroforestry sites. This very topic was also at the core of the discussions among partners, not only with regard to the

The next video of the series on agroforestry is now available on the LUCA_IfaS YouTube channel. At the Lerchenhof in Jesewitz, farmer and beekeeper Robert Künne explains how agriculture and nature conservation work together on his farm.His agroforestry system combines healthy food production with valuable, energy-producing, and fruit-bearing trees. These are intended not only to

On 25th June, IfaS Head of Department Frank Wagener gave a presentation at the conference ‘Natural Climate Protection in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate’ at the Environmental Campus. Around 120 participants gathered under the motto ‘Together for natural climate protection’. Experts from local government, science, politics and schools took the opportunity to discuss local approaches to restoring

The fourth video of the LUCA_IfaS YouTube channel series on agroforestry is now available. The video takes a closer look at the special features and meaning of the project site Hofgut Neumühle educational and experimental centre for livestock farming. A piece of the future is growing at Neumühle in Rhineland-Palatinate: trees are planted between grain

The third video in the agroforestry video series on the LUCA_IfaS YouTube channel has been released. What really happens to water when trees are planted on farms? We don’t fully know – yet. This project is filling key knowledge gaps with real-world pilot sites, hydrological modelling, and close farmer collaboration. AFaktive will make its contribution