With a toolkit of methods on the career path: Students of our Master's program “Urban and Landscape Ecology” were guided through several protected areas in the northern Ruhr region lead by lecturer Dr. Kristin Gillhaus (LANUK employee) with contributions by employees of the RVR, Lina Birwe und Oliver König - RuhrGrün, and the Biological Station Wesel as part of an elective course about career options in the ecological field. In addition to learning about flora and fauna, such as using metal plates as artificial hiding places to help facilitate the mapping of reptiles, the students had the opportunity to try their hand at practical nature conservation by removing young pine trees from a restored inland dune.

We would like to thank everyone involved for a successful day and are delighted about the great interest in nature conservation ecology!