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This chapter presents the major achievements in the process of environmental education, capacity building, development of scientific infrastructure, and knowledge transfer regarding biodiversity and ecosystem services after 15 years of cooperation between the German research programs, the scientific community, and other committed groups of the civil society of South Ecuador.
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Dresden International University.
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Lectures from the RU816 by F. Makeschin, (TU Dresden); R. Mosandel, B. Stimm (TU München); M. Richter, A. Gerique (University of Giessen, now University of Erlangen-Nuremberg); E. Beck (University of Bayreuth); J. Bendix, R. Rollenbeck (University of Marburg).
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As regularly and obligatory activity of the entire RU816 they are not included in Table 29.1.
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Pohle, P., López, M.F., Beck, E., Bendix, J. (2013). The Role of Biodiversity Research for the Local Scientific Community. In: Bendix, J., et al. Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies, vol 221. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_29
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