- 03/22/2024
World Water Day - Living Lake 2024
A promise to the future: Lake Crivitz is "Living Lake of the Year 2024".
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- 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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- 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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- 02/07/2024
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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- 01/09/2024
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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- 11/09/2023
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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- 09/27/2023
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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- 07/11/2023
Towards a strong EU Nature Restoration Law
Restoration of lakes and wetlands as a priority in Europe – Article 4 and Article 9.4
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- 05/31/2023
Working together for more biodiversity: Food industry discusses ways to stop biodiversity loss
The major Food for Biodiversity conference has come to an end in Frankfurt. For two days, 100 stakeholders from the food industry discussed ways to preserve biodiversity. Worldwide, around one million species are acutely threatened with extinction, and the loss of biodiversity has a significant impact on the food sector.
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- 05/15/2023
Together against microplastics: German water experts travel to Italy to learn about new technologies
- Lakes and rivers in Germany and other European countries are increasingly polluted with microplastics.
- Each person ingests one credit card worth of plastic particles per week.
- Exchange of European water experts within the EU project "LIFE Blue Lakes" on filter technologies to reduce microplastic pollution.
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