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We recently held a seminar by Prof. Hans Joosten, “The Golden Helmet: Limitations and Prospects of Uncovering the Truth in the Past.” Prof. Joosten is a peatland scientist at the University of Greifswald and a long-time expert on wetlands and peatland conservation. The seminar took place on April 30 (Thursday) and was attended both on-site and via Zoom. We welcomed seven guests in person from Warsaw, Berlin, and Görlitz. The discussion was highly engaging, with many questions raised by participants both in the room and online. While 59 participants registered for the event, not all were able to attend. The recording…

Dear Friends of Mongolian Wetlands! Dear partners of ABC SDG and everyone who cares! The group of brilliant, brave, strong, motivated, and devoted children would like to share their stories with you about how they are working to save Mongolia’s wetlands. The meeting took place on 21 March 2026 both: on-site and via Zoom. Participants learned what was done during the Youth Volunteer Camps in 2025. Tatiana and Nandin said a couple of words why and how we are restoring wetlands in Mongolia, and how volunteers are helping to carry out surveys and monitoring. Volunteers talked about their work following…

Deutsch English Liebe Freunde und Schauspieler des Kindertheaters! Unser Projekt geht weiter. Kinder und Erwachsene lernen viel über die Natur, über das Theater und über ihre eigenen noch unentdeckten Talente. Und jetzt hilft uns auch die professionelle Schauspielerin Blanche Kommerell. Von Blanche lernen wir, uns zu bewegen, zu sprechen und unsere Gefühle wie professionelle Schauspieler auszudrücken. Und später werdet ihr noch viele spannende Dinge lernen: Dekorationen und Kostüme herstellen, das Licht einrichten, Requisiten auswählen und den Raum auf der Bühne organisieren. Bald werden wir das Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in Görlitz besuchen und einen Blick hinter die Kulissen werfen. Außerdem freuen wir uns…

The 2026 cohort of Women Changemakers in the World of Wetlands has been announced by the Ramsar Convention. Our team is excited to welcome these women from around the world. It was an honour to work together with Line Rochefort, who was awarded this year. Line contributed to our volunteer camp in Mongolia in 2019. Thank you, Line, for your great input and support.

Our Kindertheater workshop in Nikolaivorstadt is ongoing, and we are happy to invite you to the next meeting. 📅 Saturday, February 28🕚 11:00–13:00📍 Steinweg 1, 02826 Görlitz (Gewölbekeller) We will continue rehearsing, learning together, and developing new ideas for stage design, props, and costumes. More about how the project works can be found on our webpage:https://abc-sdg.net/projects/kindertheater-in-nikolaivorstadt This meeting will be special — don’t miss it. The actress Blanche Kommerell will join us. Her first film role was at the age of 11, when she played the famous “ROTKÄPPCHEN”. She will share her experience of what it is like to be…

On 7 February, we held our 7th Kindertheater meeting. It’s been great fun and very engaging. You can read the report and see photos here.

On February 2nd, we celebrate World Wetland Day.  The topic of the WWD 2026 is devoted to the timeless role of traditional knowledge in sustaining wetland ecosystems and preserving cultural identity. The slogan of the WWD 2026 is “Wetlands: sacred. Life-sustaining. A timeless legacy. Ours to protect”

The lecture took place on January 26th, 2026, at 14.00, Humboldthaus, Platz des 17. Juni 2, 02826 Görlitz, Germany. The video recording of the lecture is coming soon. https://museumgoerlitz.senckenberg.de/de/kalender/#a-key-to-the-treasures-of-wetland-ecosystems-part-2-hellip-26-01-2026-14-00

We invite children and families to take part in the Children’s Theatre in Nikolaivorstadt — a creative community project where imagination leads the way. At the moment, the group is developing a new story about a river that has found its own voice. The children are actively involved in shaping the plot, inventing scenes, and choosing their own roles. Every participant contributes to the story, making the process as important as the final performance. The next meeting will take place on 𝟮𝟰 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 at 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 at Steinweg 1, Görlitz. New participants are warmly welcome. Register here

For more than twenty years, economists around the world have been working to establish a market for ecosystem services. Dr Valasiuk will present the detailed study of his team on how the biodiversity of nature protected areas is valued.  Possibly that could be a step towards biodiversity marketing. About presenter: Sviataslau Valasiuk, PhD, researcher at the Warsaw Ecological Economics Centre (WOEE) of the University of Warsaw, with expertise in non-market valuation and record of work for nature conservation organizations, including the National Academic Centre for Bioresources of Belarus, APB – BirdLife Belarus, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds…