Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities to Leipzig
Working group "Natural Balance and Regional Characteristics"
Neustadter Markt 19
01097 Dresden
Germany

Contact person:
Mr. Olaf Bastian

Tel.: +49 351 81416806
Fax: +49 351 81416820
www.ag-naturhaushalt.de
www.saw-leipzig.de

General topic of the working group "Natural Balance and Regional Characteristics":

• Long-term investigation of landscape changes
• Development and testing of methods for the analysis and evaluation of the state, the function and carrying capacity of landscapes in different space and time scales

Goal:
Analysis and evaluation of the driving forces and the effects of human influences on structure and functions of landscape. Main targets are the determination of ecosystem health and landscape performance indicators, of landscape functions and nature potentials. A long-term monitoring helps to reveal regularities and its special features of landscape changes as well as to forecast development trends of different landscape types. From this, fundamental contributions can be deduced for the use and the protection of natural resources and potentials in the sense of a sustainable development.