Supporters of the GNF´s Projects

Since its creation in 1998, the Global Nature Fund has been seeking alliances with partners concretely supporting its project work .The donors substantially support conrete projects of GNF and its partners in situ, that pursue careful and considerate use of natural resources as well as the development of alternative income sources.

Collaboration with Public Institutions

• European Union
• German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
• German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
• German Federal Environmental Agency
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
• German Federal Foundation for Environment

International Partners and Private Funders

• The Foundation Ursula Merz currently sponsors several GNF projects within the network Living Lakes.
• The Erbacher Foundation sponsors the project of sustainable tourism in the Lake Hovsgol National Park in Mongolia.
• Through the Hand in Hand-Fonds from the Rapunzel organic food producer and German Environmental Aid, the GNF receives grants for its international project work.
• The Wilo-Foundation supports the project “Drinking Water in rural Regions in Colombia”.
• The Manfred-Hermsen-Foundation supports the project Poverty Alleviation, Reforestation and Sustainable Agriculture in the Highlands of Guatemala.
• The PostCode Lottery is supporting three projects of GNF.  

Cooperative Projects with the Business Community 

• Since the launch of the network Living Lakes in 1998, the Mercedes Benz AG has supported this global network.
• The donations were used for drinking water projects in Kenya. In the Frame of the European Business & Biodiversity Campaign, the enterprise Sekisui Chemical supports the project activities.
• In 2012 the Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG and GNF started a new collaboration under the Motto "Clean Water for the World" aiming at improving the sewage water situation in developping countries in Latin America.
• Since May 2014, the partnership with the Symrise AG focuses on the development and implementation of a corporate biodiversity strategy.
• For many years, the GLS-Gemeinschaftsbank has been supporting the projects of GNF by donating the income of interest out of the so called “Living Lakes project saving” initiative.
• finish is a brand of Reckitt Benckiser Deutschland GmbH and supports the Living Lake of the Year campaign as part of the Living Lakes Network Germany.
• The Biotop Landschaftsgestaltung GmbH supports projects within the Living Lakes Network with partners from all over Europe.
• The Lonza Group AG supports Living-Lakes-Water-Projects of GNF since 2023.