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Congratulations: Kazakhstan 146th member of IPBES

The Succow Foundation is pleased to welcome Kazakhstan as the 146th member of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and…

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Preserving the Gobi desert

Conservationists and the Ministry of the Environment agree: the Gobi Desert is a treasury of biodiversity and is unrivalled worldwide in its pristine…

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Juliane Tübke, Beneath the Meadows (200823), 2023, photograph, dimensions variable

Sensing Peat now has its own website

Just in time for the beginning of spring...

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Jan Peters at Uganda Water & Environment Week 2024

Peatlands offer natur-based solution to climate change in Uganda

Peatlands are part of the solution to the major challenges Uganda is currently facing due to the water, environmental and climate change crisis.

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Visit of the pumpkin seed oil production site in the Village Argokhi (Three Alazani Rivers Biosphere Reserve). (c) Nika Malazonia

Small Grants Programme will empower sustainable initiatives in Three Alazani Rivers Biosphere Reserve

Several small grant projects will be launched in the Three Alazani Rivers Biosphere Reserve from Mai 2024.

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Dilijan National Park Photo: N. Malazonia/ Michael Succow Foundation

Start of the Dilijan Biosphere Reserve Development Project

Armenia is located in the Caucasus ecoregion, which is one of 25 "Global Biodiversity Hotspots" according to the criteria of Conservation…

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Plenary: (from left to right) H.E. Aziz Abdukhakimov, Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Dr Grethel Aguilar, IUCN Director General, H.E.  Bakhodur Sheralizoda, Chairman of Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, and Dr Bettina Hoffmann, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), and Dr Grethel Aguilar, IUCN Director General; Photo credit: Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of Uzbekistan

New IKI project “One Health Central Asia” launched

The Michael Succow Foundation is implementing partner of the new IKI initiative "One Health Central Asia". The project, coordinated by the IUCN, was…

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Side Event at COP14 of the Bonn Convention (CMS)

The side event on February 15, 2024 in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) focused on improved transboundary migration in Central Asia and presented best practices…

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Caspian Hyrcanian forests in Azerbaijan (c) Jonathan Etzoldld

Project conclusion Supporting Azerbaijan and Iran in the transnational expansion of the Hyrcanian Forests World Heritage Site

With the inscription of the Hyrcanian Forests in Azerbaijan by the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh in September last year, another Succow…

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Panelists on 8th December (left to right): Amy Duchelle, Bruno Pozzi, Franziska Tanneberger, Han de Groot,  Alfred Okot Okidi, Alexander Bonde, Femke Tonneijck; Photo: IISD/ENB | Angeles Estrada Vigil

Peatlands Take Center Stage at COP28: A Global Call for ‘Peatland Push’

Even before the final conference document was agreed on today, one significant outcome emerged: the widespread discussion of peatlands and their…

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