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tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Two main goals of the Natural History Museum of Crete-University of Crete (NHMC – UoC) are research on the environment of Crete, Greece and more broadly the eastern Mediterranean as well as the preservation and enrichment of the Natural History Collections (NAC) and records related to the environment of its area of action.<\/p>\n

From a research point of view, the NHMC – UoC focuses on the study of the diversity of the eastern Mediterranean in the fields of Geology, Paleontology, Ecology, Management, Evolution, Biogeography, Phylogeny, Phylogeography, Systematics and Taxonomy.<\/p>\n

NACs make diverse contributions to science and society in fields as diverse as traditional taxonomy and systematics, assessment of the effects of environmental change, and public health, providing the evidence from which scientists draw knowledge on various issues, such as:<\/p>\n