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Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Director of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Frankfurt, is honored for her cutting-edge research on the preservation of biological diversity.
“The fight against species extinction is one of the greatest challenges of our time. We need a sound scientific basis so that we can succeed in preserving biological diversity. I am therefore pleased that a researcher in Hesse, the director of the Senckenberg Research Center for Biodiversity and Climate, Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese, has been awarded the German Environment Prize this year for her outstanding work on the preservation of biological diversity, ”said Environment Minister Priska Hinz on the occasion of the announcement of this year’s winners.
“We in Hessen support research to strengthen biological diversity and this year we founded the Lore Steubing Institute (LSI) for nature conservation and biodiversity. The LSI is an amalgamation of the Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG), the Universities of Gießen, Darmstadt, Marburg, Kassel and Frankfurt am Main, the Geisenheim University and the Senckenberg Society for Natural Research. It is the first cross-institutional biodiversity research association in Germany and will be an important advisor to us when mastering this major challenge, ”said Hinz.
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The German Environment Prize of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) will be presented this year on October 10th in Darmstadt by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. With the award of the prize, the DBU recognizes the commitment and services that have contributed decisively and in an exemplary manner to the protection and preservation of our environment and which will contribute significantly to environmental relief in the future. The prize, endowed with 500,000 euros, will be presented this year between Ms. Böhning-Gaese and Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Hans Joosten shared.
(Text: PM Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection)
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