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Prof. Dr. Manfred Niekisch has been the Director of Frankfurt Zoo since March 2008. In July 2010 he was appointed also professor of International Conservation at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
From 1998 to 2008 he had the correspondent professorship at the University of Greifswald (Germany). He also teaches at both the University of Hanoi (Vietnam) and the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Spain). In addition, Manfred Niekisch holds a number of honorary positions, including President of the Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö), Vice-President of the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) and Chairman of the OroVerde Foundation. He is a member of the Administrative Council of the Senckenberg Natural History Society (SNG) and International Advisor to National Geographic’s Committee for Research and Exploration. He is also co-editor of the Journal for Nature Conservation.
In his scientific work he focuses on strategies and instruments for the sustainable use of natural resources, especially for the conservation of biodiversity.
Geographically, the focus of both his scientific and practical conservation work lies in Europe, Latin America and Vietnam.

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