Conservation in Practice: Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage Sites - Insights from the Michael Succow Foundation

The session will present the work of the Succow Foundation, an internationally active sustainable development and conservation organization. In 1999, Prof. Michael Succow founded the Succow Foundation with the prize money of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize". Ever since, the Succow Foundation is internationally active with its guiding principles "Preserve, sustain, value". Initially, the Succow Foundation was involved in the development and management of national parks and biosphere reserves in Europe and Asia. Now 25 years after its inauguration, it runs a variety of projects on four continents on sustainable land use, climate protection, protected areas, and sustainable livelihoods with a huge network of partners, nationally and locally worldwide.