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Archives of Press Releases of Global Nature Fund

  • Cross-continental exchange: GNF at conference on biodiversity and sustainability in Thailand07/20/2024

    Cross-continental exchange: GNF at conference on biodiversity and sustainability in Thailand

    At the Business and Sustainability Forum in Thailand in June 2024, Stefan Hörmann, Managing Director of the Global Nature Fund (GNF), presented an exciting overview of the diverse activities within the "Enterprise Biodiversity" (UBi) project and at European level.

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  • We are at the Week of the Environment 2024!05/21/2024

    We are at the Week of the Environment 2024!

    "Unternehmen Biologische Vielfalt" is represented with a stand at the Week of the Environment on June 4th and 5th!

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  • World Water Day - Living Lake 202403/22/2024

    World Water Day - Living Lake 2024

    A promise to the future: Lake Crivitz is "Living Lake of the Year 2024".

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  • Online portal elan! - How do companies get deforestation out of their supply chains?03/20/2024

    Online portal elan! - How do companies get deforestation out of their supply chains?

    OroVerde and Global Nature Fund help companies to implement the EU deforestation regulation. Leading companies and politicians met in Bonn to learn how to use the online portal elan!

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  • We are the "Ramsar CEPA Focal Point for Germany"02/28/2024

    We are the "Ramsar CEPA Focal Point for Germany"

    The Ramsar Convention is a global agreement aimed at the protection and sustainable use of wetlands. It also focuses on communication and education on the importance of wetlands.

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  • 33 new wild bee species discovered in Saarland as part of the "LIFE Insect-Responsible Sourcing Region" project02/07/2024

    33 new wild bee species discovered in Saarland as part of the "LIFE Insect-Responsible Sourcing Region" project

    Wild bee specialists discover 33 new species of wild bees in the Bliesgau biosphere in Saarland. The discovery was made as part of the EU-funded LIFE project " Insect-Responsible Sourcing Region ".
    Climate change, immigration and a lack of evaluation of previous findings are possible causes for the new bee discoveries in the UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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  • Endangered Wilderness in the Heart of Europe: The Szczecin Lagoon is "Threatened Lake of the Year 2024"02/02/2024

    Endangered Wilderness in the Heart of Europe: The Szczecin Lagoon is "Threatened Lake of the Year 2024"

    The Global Nature Fund and the Living Lakes Network nominate the Szczecin Lagoon on the border of Poland and Germany as "Threatened Lake of the Year 2024". Stunning wetland in the heart of Europe suffers from multiple pressures. The Szczecin Lagoon in the Oder delta is the first European wetland to receive the title.

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  • Fair Rubber: A visit to the rubber tappers in Sumatra01/09/2024

    Fair Rubber: A visit to the rubber tappers in Sumatra

    From bicycle tires to condoms - natural rubber is found in many everyday products. However, this rubber is often obtained under difficult social and ecological conditions. The Fair Rubber Association, run by Global Nature Fund, campaigns for fair prices and environmentally friendly conditions in the countries where the rubber is grown. On behalf of Fair Rubber, GNF Managing Director Stefan Hörmann traveled to Sumatra in December 2023 to visit the rubber tappers.

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  • One big family: lake conservationists celebrate 25 years of Living Lakes11/09/2023

    One big family: lake conservationists celebrate 25 years of Living Lakes

    Lakes and wetlands are among the world's most endangered ecosystems. The Living Lakes Network has been campaigning for the protection of lakes and wetlands worldwide for 25 years. At the 19th World Lakes Conference at Lake Balaton in Hungary, people active in lake protection from all over the world celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Living Lakes Network.

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  • Fighting microplastics in inland waters - EU project "LIFE Blue Lakes" presents results at final conference09/27/2023

    Fighting microplastics in inland waters - EU project "LIFE Blue Lakes" presents results at final conference

    After four years, the EU-funded project "LIFE Blue Lakes" to combat microplastics in inland waters presents its results at the final conference in Rome. 98 percent of the water samples taken as part of the project show microplastic pollution. The main polluters include plastic bags, cosmetics, packaging, clothing and tires. Microplastics enter the human body through the food chain, where adverse health effects are likely.

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