Ernst Paul Dörfler

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Ernst Paul Dörfler

Ernst Paul Dörfler (born May 15, 1950 in Kemberg ) is a German author and environmentalist and was a co-founder of the Green Party in the GDR .

Career

Ernst Paul Dörfler grew up in Meuro near Bad Schmiedeberg and graduated from high school in Pretzsch on the Elbe . He studied chemistry from 1968 to 1973 at the Otto von Guericke Technical University in Magdeburg , after which he worked in research and teaching for four years. Dörfler was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. PhD. After a season as a lifeguard on the Baltic coast in 1977, he worked as an operational technologist for microelectronics in the television electronics plant in Berlin-Oberschöneweide . From 1978 to 1982 he was employed as an ecochemist at the Institute for Water Management in Berlin and Magdeburg. In 1979 he stopped working for a baby year with his daughter Anne.

In 1983 Dörfler left his position at the institute to devote himself to various environmental topics as a freelance writer . While he had previously worked on several studies on the ecological situation in the GDR (including the nitrate and pesticide study) that had to remain unpublished before 1989, the villager who grew up on a farm wrote in his internationally sensational and multiple bestseller " Back to nature? ”About the connections between nature and human activities in forests, fields and water and also about the limits of growth and the necessity of technology assessment under conditions of complexity .

He problematised 1986 "back to nature?" After a historical classification of agriculture such. B. the difficulties with the new types of pollution caused by the use of fertilizers . As a result, the use of mineral fertilizers reflects an ecological law by Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich of the decreasing increase in yield due to the use of fertilizer in agricultural crops , since for the three-fold increase in the harvest from 1910 to the 1980s, the effort "increased five to ten times over the same period" had to become. This assumption was confirmed in the Science Journal in 2009. The resulting nitrous oxide is more harmful than CFCs and also has an impact on climate change, and it also has a poor balance in a fuel comparison. Dörfler quotes in the book a nitrate limit value of 45 mg / l as the limit value of the World Health Organization . In a study by the Federal Environment Agency from 2017 on the costs of drinking water pollution through overfertilization, a target value of 37.5 mg nitrate per liter of drinking water is given and the costs for the minimization requirement from § 6 of the Drinking Water Ordinance are given for target values ​​of 25 and 10 mg Nitrate calculated per liter.

As one of the first East German conservationists and environmentalists, Dörfler gave numerous lectures on environmental problems and was therefore also monitored in private life by the Ministry for State Security of the GDR with wiretapping systems . “Back to nature?” - hushed up by the East German media - became a cult book of the East German environmental movement.

In November 1989 he and his wife Marianne Dörfler were co-founders of the Green Party in the GDR and until March 1990 representatives of the Greens at the Central Round Table (he and his wife take turns). He was a founding member of the Environment and Nature Conservation Foundation and, from April to October 1990, as a member of the parliamentary group of Greens and Alliance 90 in the People's Chamber, Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation, Energy and Nuclear Safety. Until December 1990 he was a member of the Bundestag .

In 1991, together with Arnim Bechmann from the Barsinghausen Institute for the Future near Hanover, he worked out a study on the effects of jobs when converting to organic farming using the example of the states of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. At the end of the 1990s he was studying for the German Marshall Fund in the USA and traveled to Africa and Asia.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been campaigning against the planned expansion of the Elbe into a waterway and for the preservation of the natural river landscape. For this and for his commitment to preserving the natural foundations of life, he was awarded the Euronatur Prize 2010.

Ernst Dörfler lives in UNESCO - Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve , where the endangered refuges of consisted endangered species such as the Elbe beaver, fish and sea eagles, cranes, white and black storks and Wolf are, and describes as an author the complex relationship between man , the threatened biodiversity and the habitats of nature. With species extinction , self-sufficiency , wild animals, perennials, leaves and compost, but also with the subjects of his books such as birds, insects, rivers and floodplains, he is a sought-after speaker and nature guide who makes the closeness to nature emotionally understandable and thus unites people at an early age The trend of natural knowledge transfer through experiencing nature has set.

Quote

“I miss the great bustard courtship in the fields. I miss the calls of the whinchat, the warbling of skylarks and goldhamers. They lack the insects for food. The chicks die a quiet death and no one notices this tragedy. Only the silence in the fields is depressing. "

- Ernst Paul Dörfler : Where is the whinchat? Short interview (2019)

Awards

Contributions

  • Gerald Munier, Burghard Duhm (ed.): From the Bauhaus to Bitterfeld. A foray through the “industrial garden realm”: Dessau - Bitterfeld - Wittenberg. AJZ, Bielefeld 1991, ISBN 3-921680-97-2 .
  • Literature and the environment, contribution to the intellectual and cultural unification of Germany. Colloquium in Klingenthal / Alsace, 17. – 21. May 1993 (= publications of the Catholic Academy Hamburg. Volume 12). Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-928750-36-4 .
  • across the board. The Saxony-Anhalt reading book. Edited by Dorothea Iser and Heinz Kruschel . Ziethen, Oschersleben 1993, ISBN 3-928703-24-2 .
  • Warning signs from rivers and estuaries. Scientific facts. José L. Lozán, Hartmut Kausch (Eds.), With co-authors by Hans H. Bernhart. Parey, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-8263-3085-4 .
  • Inland waterway transport and waterway development. In: elements of hospitality. Dessau 2004, ISBN 3-934388-23-X , pp. 182-187.
  • Dieter Lehmann, Rocco Buchta a. a .: When will the next flood come? Projekt-Verlag 188, Halle (Saale) 2005, ISBN 3-86634-012-5 (collection of articles).

Publications

  • (with Marianne Dörfler) Back to nature? People and the environment from an ecological point of view. Leipzig, Frankfurt (Main) 1986, ISBN 3-87144-935-0 .
  • (with Marianne Dörfler) Between escape and adaptation. Animals next to humans (= accent series . Volume 88). Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-332-00309-7 .
  • New living spaces. More biodiversity in the landscape and garden. Leipzig / Frankfurt (Main) 1990, ISBN 3-8171-1175-4 .
  • The pond. Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-358-01539-4 .
  • Threatened: animals and plants in our homeland. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-332-00548-0 .
  • (Ed.) Ecology and flood protection. Verlag Natur und Umwelt, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-924749-18-3 .
  • Miracle of the Elbe. Encounters with a living river landscape. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-89812-025-2 .
  • Miracle of the Elbe. Biography of a river. Published by the Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation e. V. (BUND), State Association of Saxony-Anhalt in conjunction with the State Home Association of Saxony-Anhalt e. V., Stekovics, Halle an der Saale 2000, ISBN 3-932863-40-2 ; 5th edition. Ibid 2013, ISBN 978-3-932863-40-0 .
  • The love of the birds. From the first pleasure teaser to the trip to the south. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89923-220-2 .
  • What birds eat. Menu and table manners. 2010, ISBN 978-3-89923-263-9 .
  • (Ed.) Biber on a world tour. Stories, poems and pictures of the primary school scribes 2010 from the primary school An der Klosterwuhne in Magdeburg. Dorise Verlag, Erfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-942401-18-0 .
  • More space for rivers, more space for water. In: Live with the floods - learn from the floods! Books Chamber, 2013, ISBN 978-3-940-63539-6 .
  • The birds' lust for love and marital frustration. 2013, ISBN 978-3-943444-19-3 .
  • Travel guide to the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve. Publicpress, 2014, ISBN 978-3-89920-832-0 .
  • Habitat great stream. Wildlife in the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve. Together with Thomas Hinsche. J. Stekovics Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-899-23353-7 .
  • The Elbe. From the Elbe Sandstone Mountains to Geesthacht. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-89794-326-1 .
  • Change in values ​​in dealing with the Elbe. From the waterway to the river landscape ecosystem. In: Norbert Fischer, Andreas Martin: The Elbe - About the change of a river from the Congress of Vienna (1815) to the present. Landschaftsverband Stade, 2018, ISBN 978-3-931-87971-6 .
  • Nest warmth. What we can learn from birds. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-446-26185-3 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Paul Dörfler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Paul Dörfler: Books. In: elbeinsel.de. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Contemporary witness office: detailed view. In: zeitzeugenbuero.de. Retrieved May 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Ernst Dörfler: Back to nature? People and the environment from an ecological point of view. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-332-00027-6 .
  4. ^ AR Ravishankara, John S. Daniel, Robert W. Portmann: Nitrous Oxide (N2O): The Dominant Ozone-Depleting Substance Emitted in the 21st Century . In: Science . August 27, 2009, ISSN  0036-8075 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1176985 , PMID 19713491 ( sciencemag.org [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  5. ↑ hda / ddp: Threatened ozone layer: nitrous oxide is a bigger problem than CFCs. In: Spiegel Online. August 28, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  6. ^ Daniel Lingenhöhl: Climatology: Biofuels damage the ozone layer . June 1, 2012 ( Spektrum.de [accessed on May 21, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Elke Örtl: Quantification of the agriculturally caused costs to secure the drinking water supply . Federal Environmental Agency, May 24, 2017 ( umweltbundesamt.de [accessed on 21 May 2018]).
  8. ^ Environmental protection in the GDR: "My surveillance was almost perfect". In: ZEIT ONLINE . October 4, 2010, accessed May 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Thomas Gerlach : Environmental protection in the turning point era: The always green . In: taz . May 27, 2020 ( taz.de [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
  10. ^ State Office for Environmental Protection Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): Nature Conservation in the State of Saxony-Anhalt . 47th edition. tape 1 + 2 , 2010, ISSN  0940-6638 .
  11. ↑ Press release no .: 073/2018. In: sachsen-anhalt.de. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve - Saxony-Anhalt - Agrarticker Ost. (No longer available online.) In: bauernzeitung.de. BauernZeitung - Deutscher Bauernverlag, archived from the original on May 22, 2018 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Henrik Klemm: "Middle Elbe" Biosphere Reserve: All right with the eagles on the Elbe . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . October 7, 2014 ( mz-web.de [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  14. ↑ state law Sachsen-Anhalt NatSGmElbeV ST | State standard Saxony-Anhalt | Complete edition | Ordinance on the establishment of nature reserves and a landscape protection area of ​​central importance as the Middle Elbe biosphere reserve in the version published on January 1, 1997 | valid from: 01/01/1997. juris GmbH , accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  15. ^ Antje Weber, Martin Trost: Wolf Monitoring Saxony-Anhalt . Report on the monitoring year 2016/2017. Ed .: State Office for Environmental Protection Saxony-Anhalt. Wolf Competence Center Iden. November 2017.
  16. ^ State administration office of Saxony-Anhalt . Biosphere Reserve Administration Middle Elbe, Reference Point Wolf Protection. Administration at the Arneburg site (ed.): Wölfe in Sachsen-Anhalt . Information for livestock owners. Arneburg November 29, 2010 ( alpakas-lamas.org [PDF; 230 kB ] changed on March 31, 2011).
  17. ↑ The Sustainable Month. In: ag-nachhaltigkeit.de. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Survival through self-sufficiency on a tight budget . In: City magazine DATEs . May 12, 2015 ( dates-md.de [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  19. ↑ Silvia Bürkmann: Comprehensive travel guide: Dessau-Roßlauer leads along the entire Elbe . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . May 12, 2016 ( mz-web.de [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  20. ↑ Karina Blüthgen: Natural history with Ernst Paul Dörfler: Polyphonic bird concert . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . April 10, 2017 ( mz-web.de [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  21. ↑ "The birds' lust for love and marital frustration" - A chat - not only about birds with Dr. Ernst Paul Dörfler Closing event of the 1st Dresden City Nature Day | Dresden in transition. (No longer available online.) In: dresden-im-wandel.de. May 30, 2015, archived from the original on April 15, 2016 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Extinction of species among insects . In: Ostthüringer Zeitung . March 13, 2018 ( otz.de [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  23. ↑ The Elbe - the German Loire? In: City magazine DATEs . August 11, 2016 ( dates-md.de [accessed May 21, 2018]).
  24. ^ A b Regina Voss: Environmental activist Ernst Paul Dörfler - A life for nature conservation. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . Studio March 9 , 2017, accessed May 21, 2018 .
  25. ↑ jst: Where is the whinchat ? Short interview with author Ernst Paul Dörfler. In: Der Spiegel . No. 25, June 15, 2019, p. 52 ( spiegel.de [June 14, 2019, accessed May 28, 2020]).
  26. ↑ Michaela Maak: BDV 2015. (No longer available online.) In: bund-intern.net. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018 ; accessed on May 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dörfler, Ernst Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dörfler, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, environmentalist and politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Kemberg