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Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change – Hamburg site (LIB)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) is dedicated to research into biological diversity and how it changes, the findings from which have illuminating relevance for society as a whole. To better understand current mass extinction of flora and fauna, scientists look for correlations and causes of – often – human-made change. The goal is to find solutions for the conservation of ecosystems and species in order to preserve the basis of life as we currently know it.
The LIB is one of the eight natural history research museums of the Leibniz Association. It comprises the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig – Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (Museum Koenig Bonn), and the Museum of Nature Hamburg (former Centre of Natural History, CeNak, of the University of Hamburg), which were merged into the LIB on 1 July 2021 following a decision of the Joint Science Conference (GWK). The CeNak serves as the basis for the construction of a new, innovative research museum of the LIB in Hamburg – the Evolutioneum.
The LIB comprises more than 16 million collection objects, primarily from the field of zoology, but also from geology-palaeontology and mineralogy. Using state-of-the-art technologies, researchers study the changes in biodiversity based on this valuable, historical object database in order to answer relevant questions of our society for the future. Through the collection objects, they can describe changes, some of which are human-made, and model future development scenarios. As an integrated research museum, the LIB promotes innovative research. Documentation, indexing and the expansion of the collections are important goals of this research infrastructure.
Activities
- Research
- Research Support
- Coordination
Parent institution
Subordinate institutions
Contact
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change – Hamburg site
(LIB)
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 238317-555
Email: museumdernatur(@)leibniz-lib.de
