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Estonian botanist and conservationist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ülle Kukk (born 18 November 1937 in Tartu) is an Estonian botanist and conservationist.
Ülle Kukk | |
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Born | 18 November 1937 |
Nationality | Estonian |
Known for | studies of Estonian flora. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | botany and conservation. |
Institutions | Tallinn Botanic Garden |
She was born in Tartu and graduated from the University of Tartu in 1960.[citation needed] 1960–1962 she continued to work in the university and also in the Institute of Experimental Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR.[citation needed]
From 1965 to 1975 she worked as a member of the research staff at the Tallinn Botanic Garden.[citation needed] From 1976 to 1996 she worked for the Estonian Institute of Forestry , and since 1996, she has worked for in the Institute of the Environmental Protection of the Estonian University of Life Sciences.[1]
Kukk's research has addressed Estonian protected plants and indigenous ornamental plants, and she has been engaged in the distribution of rare and protected plants,[2] biology, monitoring and protection.[3]
She is one of the founders and a board member of the Estonian Orchid Protection Club (Eesti Orhideekaitse Klubi).[citation needed]
Kukk is a member of the Berne Convention's Expert Group on flora, and she was a co-author of the "Estonian Red Book" established in 1998.[4]
She was married to phycologist and conservationist Erich Kukk (1928–2017).
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