The Stiftung Artenschutz (“Species Conservation Foundation”) is a joint initiative, currently comprising 45 respected zoos and nature conservation organisations. The foundation aims to preserve animal species (and their natural environment) which, although under severe threat of global extinction, do not have a strong enough lobby for their conservation. The Species Conservation Foundation achieves its goals through the joint initiative of currently 43 zoos and several nature conservation organisations, which provide public relations and financial support. International species conservation attains a new dimension through this concentration of specialists and funds. The work of the foundation and its partners and the sponsor commitment will be effectively communicated to over 20 million people every year. The innovative aspect of the Species Conservation Foundation’s concept is the idea of winning businesses as exclusive sponsors for a certain animal species in addition to conventional canvassing for donations and sponsorship. Support from these businesses makes it possible to implement conservation measures conceived by specialists for the highly endangered species. In return the sponsors will appear as exclusive sponsors together with their species on the Foundation Info Boards in all participating zoos, a measure which also offers great publicity. ... [Information of the supplier]
Prof. Heinz Sielmann made the first animal documentaries on television. To date, more than 250 episodes have been aired. He also filmed some 30 educational films for schools and about 100 documentaries for the International Zoological Film Encyclopaedia of the Institute of Scientific Films (IWF) in Göttingen. His popular cinema films "Song of the Wild", the Congo film "Lords of the Forest", "Galapagos - Dream Island in the Pacific" and "Alluring wild - on the wild paths of North America" have been aired in 25 different languages around the world. The high point of the countless activities Prof Sielmann undertook was the Heinz Sielmann Foundation (Heinz Sielmann Stiftung), which he founded in 1994 together with his wife Inge. The Foundation's guiding principle is “Conservation as a positive life philosophy”. Encouraging children and young people towards active conservation is its most important goal. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The BioFrankfurt network brings together twelve reputable institutions from the Rhine Main region to further the research into, and the protection and conservation of, global biodiversity. Combining the knowledge and experience gained through research, education, conservation and development, they aim to increase public awareness for the meaning and importance of biodiversity. ... [Information of the supplier]
The complex scientific questions posed by the global loss and change of biodiversity are beyond the scope of individual countries and disciplines, and require an additional level of international scientific cooperation. DIVERSITAS meets this need by proposing an integrated research framework to the international scientific community. The Programme is a partnership of inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations formed to promote, facilitate and catalyse scientific research on biodiversity – its origin, composition, ecosystem function, maintenance and conservation. ... [Information of the supplier]
BIOTA AFRICA has been jointly invented by African and German researchers aiming at the establishment of research supporting sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in Africa. While, initially, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) was open to fund the initiative, meanwhile several African countries and partner institutions added funding. The project, from its beginning, had a very visible continent-wide dimension and is still expanding especially with regard to its role as a "Biodiversity Observation Network" on the African continent. ... [Information of the supplier]
Die Generalversammlung der UNO hat 2010 zum Internationalen Jahr der Biodiversität erklärt. Dies ist Gelegenheit zu fragen: Inwiefern ist es uns bisher gelungen, Biodiversität zu bewahren? Wo liegen für die Biodiversität die Herausforderungen der Zukunft? Wo ist unser Handeln nötig? Möchten Sie bereits heute etwas für die Biodiversität tun? Biodiversität ist überall. Ob beim Einkaufen, zu Hause oder unterwegs, unser Handeln hat Folgen für die Biodiversität. www.biodiversitaet2010.ch ist die offizielle Website der Schweiz zum Internationalen Jahr der Biodiversität 2010. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) is a forum to foster technical collaboration and coordination among countries of the Americas in collection, sharing, and use of biodiversity information relevant to decision-making on natural resources management and conservation, and education to promote sustainable development in the region. IABIN's goals are: Build up an infrastructure for biodiversity information exchange. Strengthen technical capacity to exchange biodiversity information and expertise across political, linguistic, and institutional boundaries. Provide access to biodiversity information useful to decision-makers to improve biodiversity conservation. Enhance capacity to store, use, and distribute scientifically sound and update biodiversity information. Produce or adapt information products for decision makers (tools for decision-making) so they formulate effective environmental management policies and promote sustainable development in the region. ... [Information of the supplier]
Forscher mit Fokus „biologische Vielfalt“ erkennen zunehmend, dass ihre Forschung konkrete Anwendung finden kann, da verschiedene Entscheidungsträger in der Politik, der Gesetzgebung oder der Planung und Verwaltung aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zur Lösung komplexer Probleme und als Argumentationshilfe benötigen. Um vielschichtige Problemstellungen hinreichend erfassen, analysieren und konkrete Problemlösungen für die Gesellschaft entwickeln zu können, müssen Forscher verschiedener Disziplinen fachübergreifend zusammen arbeiten und sich untereinander vernetzen. Diese Plattform soll Wissenschaftlern helfen, Kooperationen zwischen Vertretern verschiedener Fachrichtungen anzubahnen und Entscheidungsträgern helfen, sich über wissenschaftliche Antworten zu aktuellen Problemen zu informieren, um fundierte Entscheidungen treffen zu können. Unsere Mission ist es, die Biodiversitätsforschung in Deutschland bei diesen Aufgaben zu unterstützen und damit letztlich zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung in Deutschland und weltweit beizutragen. Netzwerk-Forum zur Biodiversitätsforschung möchte der Forschungscommunity eine gemeinsame institutionsunabhängige Kommunikationsstruktur und -kultur anbieten. Das Projekt versteht sich dabei als Ergänzung bereits bestehender Ansätze zur Forschungsvernetzung und Politikberatungsinstrumente. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
The German League for Nature and Environment and the NGO Forum for the Environment and Development are continuing their relationship as a group under the German CBD Presidency until the end of 2010. In an attempt to maximise the effort to decrease biodiversity loss, NGOs are mobilizing and concentrating their energies in the months leading up to the Nagoya conference. Biodiv-network.de was created as an information platform for German NGOs, while preparing for the 9th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Fourth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Bonn. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Since 2001, the German Ministries for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) have been partnering with GEO Magazine to organize "Biodiversity Days" in Germany and in various developing countries. Local leaders, political decision makers, biodiversity experts and key media have worked with ordinary people to carry out these national action days. Related events have been organized with up to 1,000 people taking part. They have received broad media coverage in Germany and the countries in which they were held. "Biodiversity Days" have thus contributed to political agenda setting and promoted the conservation of biodiversity in more than 10 countries. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
