Projects in Asia Recent: Environmental changes and way of life in Central Oman during the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC. (>2024) Palaeoecology of the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh and the Role of Past Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances on its Vegetation and Biodiversity The long-term effects of fire, climate and human impact in the highland and lowland ecosystems of Sumatra, Indonesia) The effect of climate and human impact in Sumatra, Indonesia - Long-term and modern palaeoecological studies in different rainforest and transformation systems Studies on Holocene vegetation-, fire-, climate- and human history - comparing multi-site evidence from the forest-steppe biomes in Mongolian Altai, Tosontsengel and Orkhon Valley (2020>) Recently concluded: Putting the carbon back into peat (Dr. Hapsari 2018>) Long-term vegetation dynamics along altitudinal and longitudinal gradients in the Hyrcanian forest region (northern Iran) (PhD-student Homami Totmaj 2018>) Neogene vegetation history in north China with a palynological perspective and and its response to the major geological and environmental events (PhD-student Jian Wang 2019>) EFForTS-CRC990 - A01 - Long-term vegetation dynamics, plant phenology and plant-pollinator interactions in rainforest and rainforest transformations in central Sumatra (Dr. Setyaningsih 2016 >) Using the biological and chemical diversity in Iranian honey for successful beekeeping and bee care (Dr. Khansaritoreh >2020) Economic revival of Iranian licorice (ERIL), from farm to market (>2018) Studies on vegetation, fire, climate and human history in the mid- to late Holocene. A contribution to protection and management of the forest-steppe biome in the Mongolian Altai (>2019) Coastal wetlands of Indonesia (>2018) Older Projects: Central Asia Studies on Holocene vegetation-, fire-, climate- and human history - comparing multi-site evidence from the forest-steppe biomes in Mongolian Altai, Tosontsengel and Orkhon Valley Studies on the indicators of Palaeoenvironmental Evolvement on the Kunlun Mt. Vegetation history of southern Mongolia under the influence of climate change and human land use Rekonstruktion der Umweltgeschichte des tibetischen Waldgrenz-Ökotons durch Interpretation datierter Pollendiagramme Vegetations-, Klima- und Siedlungsgeschichte des Holozäns im Russischen und Mongolischen Altai Die Entwicklung der spätpleistozänen und holozänen Vegetation in der Inneren Mongolei und ihren Randgebieten als Ausdruck klimatischer und hydrologischer Einflüsse Palynologische Untersuchungen an spätquartären Sedimenten aus Hochasien Southern Asia Palaeoecology of the Leuser Ecosystem Holocene dynamics of tropical rainforest, climate, fire, human impact and land use in Sulawesi and Sumatra, Indonesia Vegetation, climate, fire dynamics and human impacts in Java and southern Kalimantan inferred from pollen, spore and charcoal deposits in the Java Sea during the late Holocene Late Quaternary environmental change and ecological response along the Sumatra-Java-Flores transect in tropical SW and S Indonesia Stability of rainforest margins in space and time: Holocene rainforest, climate, fire, human impact and land use dynamics in Sulawesi, Indonesia Studies on Holocene Mangrove dynamics and sea-level changes of the western Ganga – Brahmaputra Delta, India Western Asia Long-term vegetation dynamics in the Hyrcanian forest region (northern Iran) Using the biological and chemical diversity in Iranian honey for successful beekeeping and bee care Economic revival of Iranian licorice (ERIL), from farm to market Palynologische Annäherung: Löste ein Klimawandel die Wanderungsbewegungen der nomadisch lebenden Aramäer ins syrisch-mesopotamische Altsiedelland aus?