Professor Milenko knows 100.000 plants: He dedicated his entire life to science and nature, students love him, and he guards rare treasure (VIDEO)

Professor Dr. Milenko Curcic, one of the most respected academics in the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), became famous not only for his exceptional lectures at the Faculty of Education, University of East Sarajevo, but also by constant research in nature, unique museum in the open space in his native village of Velino Selo, near the Sava and Drina rivers, as well as knowledge of at least 100,000 different plant "in the head".

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This virtuous expert, Semberac by birth, wasn't low on spirits when he left Tuzla with his family before the war, after many years of working in that town, nor after floods in Semberija three years ago, when massive waters seriously damaged his museum collections and the object he raised for years with love, nurtured and showed to the curious audience. With lots of knowledge, he showed that he has the energy to start almost from the beginning, write Novosti.rs.

 Museum in Velino Selo, tucked away in a beautiful garden of traditional Semberije, a place where one can see many kinds of plants whose names are written in Latin and Serbian language. Professor Milenko, apart from the basic knowledge of each plant has an interesting folk story, anecdote, fortunes and misfortunes and the evidence of its medicinal properties.

- In the yard from which this remarkable professor and a man came from, various objects which have been used for decades and centuries in the homes of Semberija, have found their place, from the looms for weaving rugs and patchwork, to the accessories. This is a great treasure trove of our cultural heritage, tradition, customs and research, and went three steps further from many university professors in the region - says academician Dragoljub Drago Mirkovic.

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In his native village, near his home, the professor takes care of the natural habitat Gromizelj, whose name is on the map of the most important ones on the planet, according to a large number of registered endangered plant and animal species. That is today, not far from the confluence of the Drina and Sava rivers, a place visited by biologists from all over the world, write Novosti.rs.

Fish Minders 

- In the swamp Gromiželj we established the existence of fish Umbra krameri, known popularly as minders, whose evolution began 400 million years ago. When Zarko Vikic, professor of physical education, first showed it to me, i imediatelly knew it is a mud that has to be protected, which we did the following year, in the mean time, on my initiative, Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and natural heritage strongly joined, so i researched the swamp Gromizelj for several years, and over 450 vascular (higher) plants and dozens of animals species were identified, and some of them are rare, few even endangered in Europe and in the world. Those are the examples from the so called Red List of the world - said Professor Curcic proudly.

Swamp Gromizelj covers an area of over 500 hectares, and with the decision of the Ministry of Physical Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology, it includes three levels of protection of the site Gromizelj, write Novosti.rs.

Successful career

As an exceptional connoisseur of biology, and with a gift for a beautiful presentation, Dr. Milenko Curcic made this science not only accessible, but also a favorite for generations of his students. For his pupils, as well as most of the people on both banks of the Drina and Sava, the first association when you mention his name are the plants and the world in which they live.

(Telegraf.co.uk)