Recent projects
Business and Biodiversity
Companies benefit directly and indirectly from diverse and intact ecosystems. But up to now only a few companies recognized the importance of biodiversity for their business and developed strategies and action-plans for conservation and sustainable usage of biodiversity. Even fewer implemented such a strategy.
CHAMP - Local Sustainability becomes Reality
CHAMP is a project funded by the European Union which will continue its successful predecessor "Managing Urban Europe". CHAMP will promote the experiences drawn from Managing Urban Europe by establishing training structures on integrated management for municipalities, regional authorities and EMAS-auditors. Integrated management aims at the expansion of environmental management systems to a full sustainability management.
Franz and Hildegard Rohr Bird Protection Foundation at Lake Constance
On November 9th 2005 a seminal document for a new foundation for bird protection at Lake Constance was ceremonially issued by Hubert Wicker, the district president of the regional council in Tübingen.
Living Lakes
Lake Constance is one of 29 lakes organized in the international network "Living Lakes". Global Nature Fund and German Envrionmental Aid founded the network to allow environmental organizations concerned with the sustainable development of their lake's region to exchange ideas and experiences and realize joint campaigns and projects.
We represent Lake Constace in the Living Lakes network.
Network Blooming Lake Constance
The Network aims at winning over, inform, educate and consult partners (municipalities, farmers, administrations and companies) who will stand up for the bee- and insect-friendly cultivation and upkeep of the landscape.
Regional energy from regional wood
Wood stemming from landscape-maintenance gains value: since prices for wood continue rising and possibilities for using wood as energy-supply are continually improving, wood from landscape-maintenance is no longer considered "waste". On the contrary this wood is considered a valuable ressource. But there are still some problems which have to be adressed.
Renaturation of Alluvial Forests at the Lake Constance
Back in the 19th century the Lake Constance still possessed wide natural shorelines. Today, in contrast, 50 % of the Lake's banks are thoroughly covered with buildings and significantly modified (IGKB, 2004). The anthropogenic intervention especially affected mouths of rivers and streams as well as the vegetation that accompanies them - riparian forests (mostly silver willow forests).
