Herbert Sukopp

Herbert Sukopp (born November 6, 1930 in Berlin ) is a German botanist and ecologist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Sukopp ".

Life

Sukopp studied botany , geology and sociology in Berlin. In 1958, Erich Werdermann did his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin . Ten years later he completed his habilitation in botany at the TU Berlin .

In 1969 he was appointed professor, from 1974 to 1996 full professor and head of the department of ecosystem research and vegetation science at the Institute for Ecology at the TU Berlin . He assumed responsibility as the state commissioner for nature conservation and landscape management and as chairman of the advisory board for nature conservation and landscape management in Berlin. He also became a member of the German Council for Landscape Management and the Central Commission for Biosafety , member and deputy chairman of the German Government's Council of Experts on Environmental Issues .

His main areas of research are urban ecology , vegetation , biological invasion and nature conservation .

In 1974 he published the first red list of endangered plant species in Germany .

literature

• Ingo Kowarik , Uwe Starfinger, Ludwig Trepl (eds.): Dynamics and Constance. Festschrift for Herbert Sukopp. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1995, ISBN 3-89624-000-5 , table of contents .

Awards (selection)

• 1983: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1987: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
• 2008: EuroNatur Prize

Movies

• The plant professor. With Herbert Sukopp through Berlin. Documentary, Germany, 2008, 28:50 min., Script and direction: Heiderose Häsler, production: rbb , synopsis by ARD .

• Berlin plants. The wild green of the big city. Documentary, Germany, 2006, 29 min., Script and director: Heiderose Häsler, production: rbb , first broadcast: October 6, 2006 by rbb, summary ( memento from July 28, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) by rbb, with Herbert Sukopp on a plant excursion.

Web links

• Literature by and about Herbert Sukopp in the catalog of the German National Library
• Univ. - Prof. em. Dr. Dr. hc Herbert Sukopp. In: TU Berlin - Department of Ecosystem Science / Plant Ecology
• Author entry and list of the described plant names for Herbert Sukopp at the IPNI
• Biography in the commemorative publication 125 years of the Technical University of Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ pes: The man behind the “Red List”. In: Südkurier , October 22, 2008.
   Herbert Sukopp: Red Lists - A Review. In: Nat.schutz Biol. Diversity. Volume 18, 2005, pp. 273-281.
2. ↑ Honors for Herbert Sukopp. In: TU Berlin - Department of Ecosystem Science / Plant Ecology