ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
World Climate Conference COP29 in Baku: Focus on coastal ecosystems for climate and biodiversity protection
12/11/2024 | Side event at the German Pavilion with participation of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) Mangrove forests, salt marshes and seagrass meadows absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, strengthen biodiversity and protect coastal...
Humboldt Tipping project: Capacity building workshop on ecological modelling of marine systems in Peru
06/11/2024 | On 29-30 October 2024, a team of scientists from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the Peruvian National Institute of Marine Research (IMARPE) conducted a hybrid capacity building workshop on ecological modelling of marine...
ZMT Director and circular economy expert Raimund Bleischwitz at the Circular Valley Forum 2024
06/11/2024 | In view of the increasing challenges posed by climate change, resource scarcity and environmental pollution, the concept of the circular economy is becoming increasingly important. Reusing and recycling products can help conserve natural...
ZMT scientist Dr Véronique Helfer at the Biodiversity Conference COP16
30/10/2024 | Our colleague Dr Véronique Helfer was at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. She participated in the pre-COP course “Green Strategies for Blue Ecosystems” organized by CEMarin, during which she had the opportunity to visit and exchange with two communities of...
Parliamentary evening of the German Marine Research Alliance in Bremen: Impetus for the future of the oceans
25/10/2024 | "Science cannot take decisions away from politics, but it can and must provide us with its rational findings as a basis for our decisions," emphasised Mayor Dr Andreas Bovenschulte in his welcoming address at the Parliamentary Evening of the German Marine...
New study on the potential of alternative measures (OECMs) for biodiversity conservation
30/10/2024 | At the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 Calí, Colombia, member states are currently discussing how the global nature agreement adopted in Montreal in 2022 can be implemented. The goals set two years ago include protecting 30% of the world's land...
Sceince goes Public
25/10/2024 | What colour is sea ice? Why is Bremen not a city state? What do energy detectives do? And what is artificial intelligence doing on Mars? The topics of this year's autumn series of the popular ‘Science goes public’ format are once again varied and...
Campus Award 2024/25: Nominate Master's theses or dissertations on the topic of sustainability
26/09/2024 | The nomination phase for the Campus Award 2024/25: Research for a Sustainable Future". has started today. Until 12 December 2024, university lecturers at the University of Bremen can nominate master's and doctoral theses on the topic of...
Summer School by ZMT and IOI: Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Social-Ecological Systems
19/09/2024 | The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) has joined forces with the International Ocean Institute (IOI) to host a summer school on the topic "Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Social-Ecological Systems". The event will take place...
CEMarin and ZMT: Identifying synergies and potential for joint research
17/09/2024 | Having participated in ZMT’s audit as a committee member, CEMarin executive director Andrés Osorio took the opportunity of his visit to Bremen to meet ZMT researchers from different programme areas of the institute to further strengthen the newly...