Subject(s): Biodiversity conservation in Government policy in Germany. -- Nature conservation in Government policy in Germany. -- Sustainable development -- Humanity reconstructs the biosphere or the three pillars of folly -- Biosphere at the centre of the people - environment relationship -- Trends of global change in the biosphere : Biosphere centred network of interrelations, Mechanisms with direct impact within the biosphere, Impact loops in the biosphere centred network, Threat to genetic and species diversity, Misappropriate in natural and cultivated landscape, Impairment of the regulatory functions of the biosphere, Humankind as the preserver of nature -- Impact loops as core elements of syndromes : chains of action -- Genetic diversity and species diversity -- Use of genetic and species diversity as illustrated by the higher plants, Ecological functions of species, Focal issues -- Diversity of landscape and ecosystem : natural and cultivated landscape, Development of landscape under human influence -- Biosphere in the earth system, biosphere I to Biosphere III, Global climate between forest and desert , Biosphere in global transition, Human induced climate change- consequence for ecosystem and species, Critical elements of the biosphere in the Earth system -- Biosphere -Anthroposphere linkage - Overexploitation syndrome, Overexploitation as a syndrome of global change, Mechanism of the overexploitation syndrome, Disposition of forest ecosystem to the overexploitation syndrome , Intensity of the overexploitation syndrome, Political implications of the syndrome analysis -- Valuing the biosphere an ethical and economical perspective: fundamental issues, Ethical fundamentals, Fundamentals of environmental ethics, Special principles and standards for the use of the biosphere Economic valuation of biosphere services, Ethics of conducting negotiations -- Global biosphere policy : Guard rail strategy for biosphere conservation and management, Elements of a global biosphere policy, Convention on biological diversity: implementing interlinking and financing -- Research strategy for the biosphere, research on the five biological imperatives, Methods and instruments, Basic biosphere research -- Recommendations for action for a sustainable biosphere policy, Foundations of a strategy for action, Focal areas of implementation, Funding and international cooperation