Peter Sturm, Biologist and Vice-Director of the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, is scientific coordinator and editor of the publication “Tiere-Live”-Project, the previous project of ELENA. He is Teacher for trainings and workshops in various ecological and economical contexts, focusing on protection of nature and environment. He is responsible for the conception and realization of teacher training courses. He is the former head of the department “biodiversity” at the Bavarian Environment Agency.