Foundation Ursula Merz

The Ursula Merz Foundation was founded in April 2002 and has it’s headquarters in Berlin. The goal of the foundation is the promotion of scholarship and research as well as the protection of the environment, landscape and monuments.

The following Global Nature Fund projects are financially supported by the Ursula Merz Foundation

• Mangrove Restoration in Asia
• Clean Drinking Water for School Children, Burundi
• Rhino Protection in South Africa
• Jordan River Rehabilitation Project, Isreal
• Fighting Climate Change – Supporting Activities at Lake Titicaca and in La Paz, Bolivia
• Sustainable Fishery and Eco-Tourism at Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia
• Sustainable Agriculture, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda
• Water Quality of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Following projects, also supported by the Foundation Ursula Merz, were successfully implemented and are already terminated

• "Trees for Life" at St. Lucia Lake in South Africa
• Protection of rara Macaw Species in the Pantanal Wetlands in Brazil
• Eco Tourism at Lake Baikal in Russia
• Mangrove Renaturation in Sri Lanka
• Drinking Water Treatment Plant in Kenya
• Kids for the Dolphins in Indonesia and Germany