Introduction
alauda
is a scientific
study group and office for
landscape-ecological
investigations
and data analyses,
resident in Hamburg (Northern Germany).
alauda
offers
services concerning spatial development concepts, nature conservation,
site development of special locations and environmental impact assessment
studies at all planning levels.
Concerning
these issues, we are conducting initial surveys of flora and fauna on
land, at sea and airborne. The
alauda
team consists mainly of ecologically
experienced biologists.
Integrating
land uses and avoid possible environmental conflicts we are collaborating
with geologists, geographers, planners and jurists to find out individual
solutions. We are also consulting innovative ways of sustainable
development.
According
to our coastal location between
North Sea and Baltic Sea
we are specialized of working in coastal regions and we have acquired
methodical knowledges since more than twenty years. A main emphasis
of our work in the last years lied on the environmentally compatible
integration of wind energy use into the landscape structures onshore and
offshore. The experience and competence of our team reaches, however, far
beyond these narrower fields of activity.
A
synergistic and cost-effective way of working allows to offer our services
at reasonable conditions without any restrictions.
Our
biological basic research is extended to special scientific projects. In
this field we are working in collaboration with
university partners
in Germany (Bonn, Hamburg, Kiel), Spain (Vigo, Pontevedra), USA (Santa
Clara, California), Canada (Ottawa) and Peru (Lima).
The
founders and responsible managers of alauda
are Olaf Kühnast and Joachim Hoffmann. Both are experienced
biologists
and members of several scientific
organizations as well as of advisory boards.
For
years the latter worked, among other things, as a lecturer in the Museum
of Natural History of the University of San Marcos (Peru).
alauda
has
developed different census techniques and assessment methods or was
involved in their development which are nowadays a general standard (see
publications and references).
Spectrum of work and services
Our
surveys and assessments mainly focuses on research, monitoring and data
analysis in
marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. There we are
conducting
Our
services typically includes or are involved in
- environmental
impact assessment studies
- frameworks
in landscape planning
- conservation
and development concepts
- grid
mapping
- disturbance
evaluation
- baseline
studies
- FFH-impact
assessments
- feasibility
studies
- solutions
related to problems arising within individual projects
- data
bank management and data analyses
- consulting
and survey coordination
- programs
concerning protection of species (i.e. red data lists)
- quality
control of approval documents
- basic
research
Please,
contact us for more information (see “Kontakt”).
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