European Ecological Federation


The European Ecological Federation is the umbrella organisation of specialist ecological learned societies in Europe.

Tasks

The EEF aims to be a forum for ecological science in Europe and at the same time a link organisation to other continents or international ecological organisations. To this end, it primarily aims to increase cooperation between national organisations, which is why only associations are members. Only individuals without a national organisation can become members directly.

Work

To increase co-operation, the EEF supports conferences and publishes its own journal. In addition, the EEF acts in an advisory capacity for European institutions. It responds to requests from the European Commission, proposes experts for advisory committees and invites political decision-makers to conferences in order to promote the exchange between science and politics.

Journal

The EEF publishes the journal Web Ecology since 2000. The journal publishes research articles via diamond open access from all fields of ecology. The Impact Factor is 1,5 and the journal ranks 125th of 469 ecology journals.

Ernst Haeckel Prize

Since 2011, the EEF awards persons with the Ernst Haeckel Prize for extraordinary contributions to European ecological research.
JahrNameLand
2024Helena FreitasPortugal
2022Jens-Christian SvenningDenmark
2018Miguel AraújoPortugal
2017Carlos M. HerreraSpain
2015Riccardo ValentiniItaly
2013Ernst-Detlef SchulzeGermany
2011Georgina MaceGermany

Members

The federation represents 17 learned societies of ecology from over 20 countries with about 8,000 members
List :
YearLocationCountryPartner organisations
2024LundSwedenNSO
2022MetzFranceGfÖ, sfe²
2019LissabonPortugalSPECO
2017GentBelgiumBES, GfÖ, NecoV
2015RomItalyS.It.E
2011ÁvilaSpainAEET, SPECO
1998GroningenNetherlands