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23. February 2010
Basic data: Lapwing meadow Naturefund, together with the Hessische Gesellschaft für Ornithologie und Naturschutz e. V. (HGON), bought a wet meadow in Kinzigtal for conversion back into a Lapwing biotope that is full of…
22. February 2010
First report on the reforestation project in Madagascar Together with Ho Avy, New Latitute and FIMPAHARA, Naturefund has begun a reforestation project in southwest Madagascar. In October 2009 the first tree nursery
8. February 2010
New book rises to the global sustainability challenge In the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference, which ended without a clear mandate for global climate protection, the new book Global Sustainability - A Nobel Cause, published by Cambridge…
15. January 2010
Growing for the future - reforestation in Madagascar The Ho Avy project, based in southwest Madagascar, focuses on safeguarding biodiversity and people’s livelihoods for a sustainable future. 'Ho Avy' means 'future' in the Malagasy language
6. January 2010
Natural river courses A clear, clean and most of all unspoilt river is difficult to find nowadays. However, with their rich riverbank vegetation and pristine floodplains, streams provide habitat for many different species.
6. January 2010
The riparian forest at the river Sinn The bank of the river Sinn is seamed by Black Alder, Crack Willow and a few Ash trees. Black Alder trees have become rare in Germany, because their habitat - natural river courses, meandering through…
6. January 2010
The beavers in the Sinn valley The beaver is the largest European rodent. It is the only animal creating its own habitat by building dams and lodges, holding the water. The beaver was extinct in Hesse since the 19th century until…
5. January 2010
Basic data: Land for the beaver The beaver, once extinct in Hesse, is slowly starting to spread out again. He transforms the landscape, creating new habitat for himself and numerous other species. Naturefund and the GNA bought and…
28. September 2009
Old fruit trees Orchards with high-stemmed, gnarled fruit trees, peppered with daisies, bellflowers, wild marjoram and many other kinds of plants used to be a widespread and integral part of our cultural landscape.
28. September 2009
Butterfly meadow Butterflies are a common sight on the semi-dry grassland of the fruit orchard in Steeden. The orchard with forest, meadows and waterbodies nearby provides the diverse habitat many kinds of butterflies…