Manfred Niekisch [SEP] place of birth
Manfred Niekisch
Manfred Niekisch (* 14 July 1951 in Nuremberg, Germany) is a German biologist, expert in international nature conservation, former director of Frankfurt Zoo (2008-2017) and president of the Society for Tropical Ecology.
Life.
Manfred Niekisch studied biology at the University of Cologne/DE and obtained his PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Bonn/DE with a study on the dispersal strategies of the yellow-bellied toad. From 1983 to 1989 he was director for
, with a focus on Vietnam and the countries of Latin America.
Honorary functions.
Manfred Niekisch is active in many honorary functions, among others as President of the Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö), Vice-President of the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), Vice-President of the “Help for the Threatened Wildlife Foundation”, Chairman of the foundation OroVerde, and as Chairman of the board of trustees of the Bruno-H.-Schubert foundation. He is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas (