Landschaftsprogramm Brandenburg : Potsdam: Ministerium f. Landwirtschaft, Umweltschutz u. Raumordnung des Landes Brandenburg, 2000

Das Landschaftsprogramm für das Land Brandenburg wurde von der Abteilung Naturschutz im Umweltministerium Brandenburgs und der Planungsgruppe Ökologie und Umwelt (Hannover) konzipiert. Es stellt die landesweiten Entwicklungsziele zur nachhaltigen Sicherung der Leistungsfähigkeit des Naturhaushalts dar. Als Naturschutzfachplanung für das gesamte Land bildet es den fachlichen Rahmen für die Landschaftsrahmenpläne der Landkreise und die Landschafts- und Grünordnungspläne der Gemeinden

Forschungslandschaft biotische Rohstoffe: Unternehmen und Branchen auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit (COMPASS)

Sustainable production and the sustainable use of biotic resources have becomeincreasingly significant. This results in the demand by society for a sustainable useof biotic resources especially within the nutrition sector. But also their use for industrial purposes had led research and development being given the task to support our economy with conceptional ideas.In this respect, the Working Group Eco-Efficiency & Sustainable Enterprises at theWuppertal Institute with Dr. Christa Liedtke as head, has developed a research landscape that gives a general overview of the theme of biotic resources - their sustainable production and use. The working group defines aims of research andlists urgent and current research tasks on a macro (politico-economically), meso (branches) and micro (enterprises and production) level. It is necessary to take onthe challenge that a future sustainable development presents for us. That is to realizeecologically, socially and economically a triple gain strategy along the three pillars of sustainability - to save resources, to create wealth and to strengthencompetitiveness.To implement this strategy the Working Group Eco-Efficiency and Sustainable Enterprises has developed the methodology tool of COMPASS (COMPAnies and Sectors' Path to Sustainability). Its aim is the system-embracing optimization ofsingle process chains, of products and services considering ecological, social and economic aspects. This methodology has already been implemented in various otherbranches and enterprises and it is now necessary to further adopt, test andspecifically develop COMPASS as a decision tool in the vast area of production anduse of biotic resources.This is done in a dialogue- and practice oriented way and inclose co-operation with all actors of the corresponding production lines. Generalworking themes that the Working Group will concentrate on in future deal with theproduct lines food products and products from renewable resources as follows:Identification of the ecological, economic and social targets of sustainability and aclassification of frameworks, obstacles and supporting aspects of sustainabledevelopment Identification of main material flows and severest pollution, of areas of highestmaterial turnover and of most significant social impacts within the area ofnutrition and use of renewable resources --

SAFE - Sustainability Assessment For Enterprises: Die Methodik. Ein Instrument zur Unterstützung einer zukunftsfähigen Unternehmens- und Organisationsentwicklung

-- In practice, questions of ecological company policy deal much more with technical questions than with organisational ones. In many guides for the implementation of an Environmental Management System the development of the organisation that first has to grow into this new task has not yet been fully planned, as has the participation of the employees. The deciding factors for this implementationinclude the improvement of information and communication within the company, the increase in employee motivation and the optimisation of the interfaces between economics, ecology and social aspects.Companies often show a great need for analysis and management instrumentswhich they themselves can organise and which, with the participation of the employees, help to find and to translate solutions quickly into action which show theway. Together with small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) of different branches, the SAFE - Sustainability Assessment For Enterprises instrument has been developed and tested.The instrument SAFE is used as a dialogue instrument in companies and serves as a lasting method of controlling success and of deriving new measures. The aimof the instrument is to motivate employees to become involved in change proc-esses and to cooperate in the shaping of the development of the enterprise in astreamlined procedure. They should know their participation possibilities as wellas learn how to use them. Altogether the viewpoint should be changed from anecological enterprise development to a lasting one and in doing this the develop-ment of ideas and strategies for the implementation of sustainability in the com-pany is to be supported.In a clear procedure the companies determine independently the ecological, economic and social aspects which are relevant for their enterprise's development and deduce potential for improvements and options for action for those aspects.The environmental control agents and/or quality control agents - and often alsothe managers - become qualified to use the instrument on their own. The imple-mentation of SAFE takes place together with employees from different levels inthe company who go through the procedure of several working phases in twodays. In these working phases a profile of the company's strengths/weaknesses will be drawn up as well as a list of organisational and technical suggestions forimprovement and qualification requirements. Afterwards, a plan of measures willbe deduced from those lists and suggestions. All these proceedings are based on the questionnaire Is your company fit for the future. The measures will be putinto action within a defined period of time by the persons who are responsible forthis implementation. The process will be repeated at regular intervals.In a test phase SAFE has until now been applied in approximately 40 companies for the first time and has been developed further. Its successful use shows that theinstrument can be applied to companies in all branches.Zukunftsfähige Unternehmen,Nachhaltigkeit,dreifache Gewinnstrategie,Indikatoren,Unternehmens-/Organisationsentwicklung,Kommunikation,Qualifizierung,Beteiligung,Umweltmanagementsysteme,Ressourcenproduktivität,Ressourcenmanagement,Lernendes Unternehmen,Kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess (KVP),Wettbewerbsfähigkeit,Sustainable Enterprises,sustainability,triple-win-strategy,indicators,organizational learning,communication,qualification,participation,environmental management systems,resource productivity,resource management,the learning company,continious improvement,competitiveness

Die COMPASS-Methodik: COMPAnies and sectors path to sustainability. Unternehmen und Branchen auf dem Weg zur Zukunftsfähigkeit. Zukunftsfähiges Unternehmen (5)

-- Sustainable development remains a formidable challenge for the societies of the 21st century. A number of concepts have been put forward on how to reach sustainability at a macro-economic level. These concepts are based on different points of view of economic, social and environmental systems and their behaviour, and derive their legitimacy from economic and environmental theories. An overriding priority of companies attempting to promote sustainability at enterprise and sector level is to translate these broad concepts and the indicators behind into specific concepts and measurable indicators useful in day-to-day business decisions. For companies and sectors it is important to know what kind of targets and actions they will bring on a path to sustainability. That is true for economic targets (high profit, high competitiveness, low investment payback, etc.), as for ecological (high life-cycle wide resource productivity, low toxicity, high biodiversity, low erosion, etc.) and social targets (from employee satisfaction over a low unemployment rate to overall stability in society). Therefore, COMPASS (companies' and sectors'path to sustainability) has been developed to provide decision-makers in a company or sector withsufficient information. COMPASS offers the methodological framework, the instruments and measures to operationalise the normative concept of sustainable development at micro level. The methodology aims at considering economic, ecological and social aspects throughout the whole product system in order to enable decision-makers to optimise processes, products and services towards a sustainable satisfaction of demand. It shows the sustainability performance gaps and helps to communicate possible action to reduce these gaps.COMPASS consists of five elements. Four creative and assessing elements are COMPASSprofile, COMPASSvision, COMPASSanalysis and COMPASSmanagement. The reporting element is the COM-PASSreport.Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen,multinationale Unternehmen,Branchen,zukunftsfähige Entwicklung,Managementsysteme,MIPS,Ökoeffizienz,Ressourcenmanagement,Faktor 4/10,Humankapital,Sozialmanagement,Wettbewerbsfähigkeit,Profit,Qualifizierung,Kommunikation,dreifache Gewinnstrategie,Innovationen,Small and medium sized companies,multinationals,sustainable development,management systems,MIPS,eco-efficiency,resource management,factor 4/10,human resources,social management,competitiveness,profits,qualification,communication,triple win strategy,innovation

The aspect of space in the concept of sustainable development: Overview and consequences for research

The discussion on sustainable development reflects in various regard an important spatial aspect. In its context, spatial and regional sciences integrate important impulses and provide important contributions to the further development and operationalization of the concept of sustainable development. Many already known aspects are newly weighted and organized under the long-term horizon of the ecological, economic and social dimensions of development. Some new aspects emerge. The distinction of four different spatial perspectives for the systematical analysis of the very broad and heterogeneous discussion has proven as evident. (1) From the perspective of biophysical goals and concepts, several interesting aspects emerged due to the goal of sustainability. The paper discusses the spatial scale, on which sustainable development should be achieved. It shows consequences for the industrial countries from the approach of convergence between industrial and developing countries on a global sustainable scale, e.g. the necessary change in the importance of the existing concepts of spatial structures. Different aspects are stressed in the discussion about urban and regional development. (2) In the literature about sustainable development, the policy of implementing the necessary changes in a market economy still plays a subordinate role. Therefore the discussion about policy instruments, as it exists in the field of environmental economics, must become stronger in spatial/regional science. In order to make policy more efficient, for instance, environmental taxes and fees must gain in importance, and they must be differentiated spatially. In addition, the traffic should be charged for its external costs. (3) In regard to democracy and public administration, it needs to be remarked, that the local and regional level were undervalued up to now in their potential. But the other administration levels must not be neglected. With the stronger emphasis on the cities and regions themselves it is not guaranteed that their policy of development becomes more sustainable. Therefore new politics and planning ideals are proposed, which focus in particular participative and cooperative elements. (4) From the perspective of society, which includes the market and the democracy/administration, the concept of sustainability emphasizes the spatial proximity in cities and regions as well as the meaning of small and medium sized groups. In this aspect, social control plays an important role. This frame and the participation of all groups of society would help to change the basic values towards more justice and environmental protection. Summing up it can be concluded that the concept of sustainable development calls for an intensification of research in the spatially oriented sciences. On one hand the demonstrated four fields of analysis and action need more specific investigation. On the other hand their interrelations are to be studied more intensively.

Publikationsliste, 1990-2010

Publikationsliste, 1990-201

Weiterentwicklung und Erprobung der Spatendiagnose als Feldmethode zur Bestimmung ökologisch wichtiger Gefügeeigenschaften landwirtschaftlich genutzter Böden [Further Development and Improvement of Spade Diagnosis as Field Method for the Evaluation of Ecological Significant Structure Parameters of Soils under Agricultural Management]

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Vorschlag gemacht, das Bodengefüge aufgrund seiner nach aktuellem Forschungsstand bekannten, vielfältigen Verknüpfung mit der Lebensraum-, Regelungs-, und Produktionsfunktion als geeigneten Indikator für die ökologische Funktionsfähigkeit des Bodens heranzuziehen. Mit der Erweiterten Spatendiagnose nach HAMPL/KUSSEL (ESD) wird eine aus der GÖRBING-Spatendiagnose entwickelte, einfache, wissenschaftlich besser auswertbare Version der Gefügezustandsbeurteilung mit dem Spaten vorgestellt, die den Empfehlungen der ISCO (Internationale Gesellschaft für Bodenschutz) in Bezug auf leichte Vermittelbarkeit und geringen technischen Aufwand sehr nahe kommt. Das Forschungsziel der Arbeit ist es, die Aussagekraft der in der ESD zur Anwendung kommenden Methoden hinsichtlich bewirtschaftungsbedingter Auswirkungen auf den Bodenzustand zu überprüfen. Die ESD umfaßt eine Gefügebonitur, einen einfachen Aggregatstabilitätstest, die Zählung der Wurzeldichte im Unterboden mittels Schablone, die Ermittlung von Bodenfeuchte, Porenvolumen bzw. Lagerungsdichte mit Hilfe von Stechzylindern sowie die Messung des Abscherwiderstands. Boniturmethoden, denen nach aktuellem Forschungsstand wünschenswerte Gefügezustände als Maßstab zugrunde liegen, werden auf diese Weise (qualitativ, aber quantifizierbar) mit der Messung bodenphysikalischer Kennwerte (quantitativ) kombiniert. Aktuell angewandte Methoden der Messung der Aggregatstabilität können nicht zwischen biologischer und verdichtungsbedingter Stabilität von Aggregaten unterscheiden. Dies kann zu fehlerhaften Schlußfolgerungen über die Funktionsfähigkeit der Böden führen. Mit der zusätzlichen Durchführung von Bonituren der Aggregatmorphologie der Mesostruktur soll in der vorliegenden Arbeit der Zusammenhang zwischen biologisch bedingter oder verdichtungsbedingter Aggregatstabilität, der Bildung ackerbaulich wertvoller Aggregatformen(schwammartig, porös - Krümel) und dem Gefügezustand differenziert herausgearbeitet werden

Altäre des Fortschritts und Aufklärung im 21. Jahrhundert

"'Hat der Fortschritt der Wissenschaften und Künste dazu beigetragen, die Umwelt zu schützen und zu bewahren?' Der Autor beantwortet diese Preisfrage des 'Jahrbuch Ökologie' mit drei Forderungen, die dem Nachdenken über Wissenschaft und Kunst den Rahmen geben und die Richtung weisen: Mitwelt statt Umwelt, Wirtschaft ohne Wachstumszwang, Ästhetik der Nachhaltigkeit. Um der Nachhaltigkeit in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft zum Durchbruch zu verhelfen, gelte es, schwerwiegende Hindernisse aus dem Wege zu räumen: die Ignoranz der Protagonisten der sogenannten 'exakten Naturwissenschaften' gegenüber dem sinnlichen Zugang zur Natur, das Selbstverständnis einer elitären bürgerlichen Ästhetik, die sich reduziert auf eine Theorie des guten Kunstgeschmacks, anstatt sich zu öffnen für die Entwicklung einer neuen Naturästhetik, den Fundamentalismus der Wirtschaftsexperten und Politiker, der sich in einer unerschütterlichen Wachstumsgläubigkeit äußert, jenseits aller Logik und Vernunft. Der Essay wurde von der Günter-Altner-Stiftung und dem C.H. Beck-Verlag mit dem 'Jahrbuch-Ökologie-Preis 2001' ausgezeichnet." (Autorenreferat