Since its foundation in 1904 the Bund Heimat und Umwelt (BHU) advocates the cause of cultural landscapes and the people who form part of these landscapes. The projects are concerned with a whole range of issues from the conservation of environment, nature, historic monuments and sites to the protection of regional languages and traditional customs – briefly, with the safe-guarding of all elements basic for cultural landscapes. This demands a holistic thematic approach. Besides the conservation of already existing structures in cultural landscapes an important basic goal is the involvement of the local population in the development of their environment. The BHU supports activities in this field as a provider of ideas, project partner and mediator between different groups. ... [Information of the supplier]
The web site of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mauersegler e.V. (DGfM; German Association for the Protection of Common Swifts), founded 2000, provides exhaustive information about identification, biology and protection of the Common Swift (Apus apus). The main focus of this site is the public education how to handle foundlings (first aid, veterinary care, husbandry, release to the wild). Additionally the work of the society and the Swift Rescue Center Frankfurt are presented. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
Going around Italy, in the right season (spring, in particular), you have a good chance to find one of the italian terrestrial orchids. The best thing to do, at this point, is to use a photographic camera and, possibly, a macro lens, to get a picture of the orchid spike and leave the plant where you have found it. The people of the "Italian Group for the Research on Wild Orchids" will be pleased because the complex natural history of this family and the continuous attack due to the anthropic use of our land lead to some danger of extinction of many orchids species. In the "Genera" window, you will find a list of the genera: clicking on the name will show a typical image in the"Image" window. The label of the image is clickable and will enter the "genus page"; if the image is clickable, this link will start a sequence of different images: this may be useful for the genera containing many species with different aspects. ... [Information of the supplier]