Our actions are led by one overarching goal: to stop biodiversity loss and create a world in which the inherent value of nature is no longer under debate. We have translated this vision into three core objectives that guide our decisions and actions:
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Comprehending biological diversity
We use research to discover how certain species came about, as well as to develop future scenarios for ensuring their protection and sustainable use. In international networks we help to preserve biodiversity, work to answer global questions about the future, and introduce a political and ethical framework for decision-making.
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Developing scientific collections
Our collections document the global diversity of plants, fungi, and algae. Our work serves as a basis on which to continually expand and strategically develop these collections further. By digitally networking and connecting our collections, we are able to open up new areas of knowledge, providing a valuable resource for researchers and scientists around the world.
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Promoting a passion for botany
The Botanic Garden Berlin is a place that brings people and nature together. Experience and discover botany first-hand with our gardens, educational programmes, tours, and museum exhibitions. We offer our guests the chance to experience nature anew, highlighting the importance of science and ensuring that the preservation of species and the protection of biodiversity remain socially relevant.
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BO Berlin is a place like no other. As an international knowledge hub for botany, it helps people experience the diversity of botany for themselves. As a place for science, education, and recreation, the Botanic Garden Berlin not only houses unique gardens and greenhouses, and the Botanical Museum, it is also a gathering point for the international biodiversity research community. With approximately 4 million herbarium specimens and almost 20,000 species of plants across its gardens and greenhouses, the Dahlem Seed Bank, and the DNA Bank, BO Berlin is home to Germany’s largest university-based research collection for the natural world – an invaluable scientific resource. Located in Dahlem, our site comprises highend scientific facilities and laboratories, as well as the largest specialist library for botany in the German-speaking world. This means that botanical expertise and infrastructure naturally come together in one place as a hub where botanical knowledge is created and shared.
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