IUSD Lecture // Shared Urban Landscapes for Biodiversity and People // Dr Tanja Straka // TU Berlin

Cities are human-dominated landscapes but are shared with a wide range of biodiversity. Interactions between humans and urban biodiversity are diverse, context- and taxon-specific, and can range from negative to positive. In this lecture, Tanja Straka will present research related to light pollution and nocturnal biodiversity (i.e. bats and macro-moths) as well as underlying drivers that can influence human acceptance but also appreciation of sharing the urban landscape with biodiversity.

Date & Time
Thursday, 19 January 2023
18:00 CET

Online via Webex:
https://unistuttgart.webex.com/unistuttgart/j.php?MTID=mcf0f9ed28093b5e8b619fd21bcdbbae8

Meeting-ID: 2732 919 6297
Meeting Password: kaKwevVc233

Dr Tanja Straka is an urban ecologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin. Her research focus is on nocturnal biodiversity and human-nature interactions in urban areas; with an interest to understand how ecological knowledge can be translated into urban planning and design.