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 (BMUV)
• German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
• German Federal Environmental Agency 
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
• German Federal Foundation for Environment (DBU)

International Partners and Private Funders

• The Foundation Ursula Merz currently sponsors several GNF projects within the network Living Lakes.
• The Wilo-Foundation supports the project “Drinking Water in rural Regions in Colombia”.
• The German Postcode Lottery is supporting four 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.
• The Lonza Group AG supports Living-Lakes-Water-Projects of GNF since 2023.