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Care is already required in the preparation of good herbarium specimens. The plants are placed in newspapers for pressing and separated in clip folders. At the same time, data is entered on the computer. © J. Wunderlich/ Michael Succow Foundation

Unique plant records from Central Asia available worldwide

What scientific cooperation achieves – A month ago, the first digital herbarium specimens from the National Herbarium of Uzbekistan (TASH) were…

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Five countries, three rivers, one vision

Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia are building bridges instead of making borders with their 5-country Biosphere Reserve. The Michael…

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Succow Foundation travels to potential biosphere reserves in Oman

At the beginning of August, a team of the Succow Foundation and the Botanical Garden of the University of Greifswald visited the two study areas for…

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Our Annual Report 2021

Our guiding principle "Preserve – sustain – value”

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Call for action to protect the last remaining intact steppe ecosystem on earth in Eastern Mongolia

In the first two weeks of July, a delegation of the Michael Succow Foundation travelled to Eastern Mongolia as part of its project "Towards World…

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The 10th and last CADI Newsletter is available!

The CADI project ends this July. In the 6 years of CADI, we have implemented a huge package of measures for the conservation and sustainable use of…

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First Biosphere Reserves in Georgia approved by the International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Programme UNESCO

Three Alazani Rivers Biosphere Reserve (BR) and Dedoplistskaro Biosphere Reserve in Georgia have become part of the World Network of Biosphere…

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The deep Hyrkanian forests in the north of Iran are home to a biodiversity worth protecting. (Photo: Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Knapp)

Succow Foundation receives follow-up project for the protection of the Hyrcanian Forests

Project is extended - Foundation continues to support Azerbaijan and Iran in expanding forests to World Heritage Sites

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Visitor Center "Nature of Karakum” officially opened in Turkmenistan

The new Nature Information and Visitor Center “The Nature of Karakum” is located in the research and experimental center Chalysh of the state nature…

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Movie about the nominated World Heritage Site "Cold Winter Deserts of Turan"

This film supports the nomination of the Cold Winter Deserts of Turan as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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