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Dr Sviataslau Valasiuk, Warsaw University, Poland: “How Much Do People Value Nature Protected Areas? Empirical Evidence from Belarus.”
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…
Tatiana Minayeva: “A key to the treasures of wetland ecosystems: Part 1 – Water, ice, and soil”
ABC SDG information centre in cooperation with the Senckenberg Museum Görlitz presents the lecture by Dr. Tatiana Minayeva, Care for Ecosystems, Görlitz A key to the treasures of wetland ecosystems: Part 1 – Water, ice, and soil Monday, 12. January, 2026, 14.00 , Humboldthaus, Platz des 17. Juni 2, 02826 Görlitz, Germany https://museumgoerlitz.senckenberg.de/de/kalender/#a-key-to-the-treasures-of-wetland-ecosystems-part-1-hellip-12-01-2026-14-00 The lecture is scheduled for a time before International Wetland Day, which is celebrated on February 2nd annually. It provides the basics on wetland ecosystems’ diversity, structure, and functions, and on their place and role in the landscape. Examples are taken from all over the world: the Arctic, the highlands…
Bericht über das fünfte Treffen des Kindertheaters Nikolaivorstadt
Am 10. Januar 2026 haben wir uns zu unserem fünften Treffen im Steinweg zusammengefunden.Wichtigstes Thema heute waren Atemtechniken und Bewegungsübungen. Wir haben geübt, wie wir laut und verständlich zum Publikum sprechen können.
Shane Grundy, Sergey Ivliev, Tatiana Minayeva: One day on-site / Zoom training “Ecosystem Restoration as a Climate Project”
Das vierte Treffen des Kindertheaters Nikolaivorstadt
Am 29. November haben wir uns zu unserem vierten Treffen im Steinweg zusammengefunden. Dies ist das letzte Treffen für 2025. Am 10. Januar 2026 findet die erste Probe im Jahr 2026 statt. Zu Beginn haben wir entspannende Bewegungen gemacht und unsere Arme und Beine sowie alle unsere Gelenke gelockert. Danach haben wir geübt, wie man bestimmte Sachverhalte darstellen kann, zum Beispiel einen Fluss, dass man etwas vergessen hat oder sich an etwas erinnert. Oder eine Möwe: Oder wie eine Teekanne Tee in eine Tasse gießt: Nach diesen Übungen haben wir die Scenen 1 bis 4 unseres Stücks: wiederholt: Die Fische…
The third meeting of the Nikolaivorstadt Children’s Theatre
15th November our theatre group continued its work. We tried some theatre movements. And spoke about frontstage and upstage. Then we continued developing the script for our theatre piece: The animals discover that the giant is responsible for the river’s poor condition because he did not know better. Altogether, they discussed the issue to find a solution. At the end, the river can sing again, and the fish can migrate upstream to spawn. Finally, we rehearsed a few roles. The 4th meeting of the group will be on 29th November, 11:00 hrs. We want to continue practicing there and think…
The second meeting of the Nikolaivorstadt Children’s Theatre
International Day of Biosphere Reserves
Tatiana Minayeva: “Landscape Approach to Peatland Restoration in Carbon Projects: Case Studies from Peru and Mongolia”
On October 29, a lecture took place at the Peatland Science Centre of the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf as part of the Peat Talks series. The lecture, delivered by Dr. Tatiana Minayeva, focused on the landscape approach to peatland restoration in carbon projects, highlighting case studies from Peru and Mongolia. A video recording of the lecture will be available soon.
