Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

UFZ contributes expertise in biodiversity, ecological-economic interactions and modelling environmental impacts on agricultural systems.

Restoration measures can influence biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, which can in turn affect agricultural production and transition costs. UFZ helps capture these feedbacks.

UFZ develops modelling approaches to assess biodiversity-driven impacts on crop yields and the costs associated with transitions towards more nature-inclusive production systems.

• Biodiversity-impact modelling
• Crop-yield impacts
• Assessment of transition costs
• Integration of ecological effects into socio-economic assessment