Tobias Plieninger

@plieningerlab.bsky.social

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Professor of Social-Ecological Interactions, University of Kassel & University of Göttingen. Rural landscapes | Ecosystem services | Sustainability. PersOp www.uni-kassel.de/go/plieninger

The Ghout oasis system near El Oued in Algeria: the ground here has been excavated down to the level of the ground water. The date palms are planted at a depth of around one metre and their roots manage to reach the water without the need for additional irrigation. Photo: GIAHS Algeria – Ghout System
A woman shows her collection of Indian apple snails from near Vembanad lake in Kochi, Kerala. It is a common edible freshwater snail native to India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and a high-protein, low-fat food.
Causal loop diagram to depict a simplified mental model of pioneer farmers’ implementation of conservation agriculture
Native farms trees of Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone: (a) Toddy palm, (b) Jujube and (c) thanakha
EASAC infographic on nature restoration
International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Dimensions of Tamazirt thinking
Conceptual representation of how residents’ mobility and land abandonment decisions are shaped by proximate and underlying causes
Multifunctional agricultural landscape in Lower Saxony / Germany
A woman selling freshly foraged greens on a Bengaluru street, connecting urban consumers with wild local foods.
Restoration through multifunctional agroforestry