Statements

Water as a Weapon

On the destruction of Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine

With the blowing up of the Kachowka Dam on June 6, 2023, the worst feared scenario has come to pass. Dr. Oleksandra Shumilova (IGB) Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner, Director General of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, point out the serious consequences of this ecological catastrophe in a joint statement.

Open Letter to the Chancellor

Dear Chancellor, please take a moment out of your day for our letter. Help us save and protect the world from future pandemics and tragedies.

Global Insect Declines and the Potential Erosion of Vital Ecosystem Services 

In preparation for the G7 summit in June 2020, the science academies of the G7 countries and six other countries developed joint statements, on which Prof Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese, director of the SBiK-F, contributed.