Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation
The Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation is a non-profit foundation of the federal state of Berlin for the promotion of nature conservation , landscape maintenance and environmental protection .
History, structure and funding
The Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation was founded in 1981 by the Berlin House of Representatives as a foundation under public law . The basis for this is the "Law on the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation". It is based in Berlin and directly pursues non-profit purposes of promoting nature conservation and landscape management as well as environmental protection. Organs of the foundation are the foundation council, the board of directors and the management. The Board of Trustees consists of representatives from nature conservation associations, the Senate Administration responsible for nature conservation and landscape management and the parliamentary groups of the Berlin House of Representatives. The Board of Trustees proposes the three members of the Board of Directors. The members of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Board are volunteers. The office with its more than 50 employees is managed by the full-time management of the foundation. The Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation is financed through the proceeds of its foundation capital, the institutional funding of the Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection , financial support from sponsors and donations from its own projects.
Tasks and projects
Berlin Nature Conservation Prize
The Nature Conservation Foundation has been honoring people who have made a special contribution to nature conservation since 1988. Until 2006, the prize was called the Victor Wendland Ring of Honor, and since 2007 it has been awarded the Berlin Nature Conservation Prize. Previous winners were:
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In addition, the Berlin Nature Conservation Prize has been awarded in the category institutions / companies since 2014 :
- 2019: Association of allotment gardeners Berlin-Heinersdorf eV
- 2017: St.-Michaels-Heim des Johannisches Sozialwerk e. V
- 2016: Clinic for Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence at St. Joseph Hospital
- 2015: Housing cooperative MERKUR eG
- 2014: Foundation for people and the environment
Trenntstadt Berlin development fund
The support fund is part of the Trenntstadt Berlin project, an initiative of the Berlin city cleaning companies and their partners Alba Group , Berlin Recycling, Bartscherer & Co Recycling and Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin. The aim is to sensitize the citizens of Berlin to the issues of waste separation and avoidance. The company's own website provides information on relevant topics in waste and recycling management. The Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin and Berliner Stadtreinigung allocate funds from the ancillary fees of the dual system in Germany to enable projects that address different target groups with creative methods.
Voluntary ecological year
As part of the Voluntary Ecological Year , the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation offers around 190 places for young people in the environmental and nature conservation sector every year. The possible places of use range from nature conservation associations, forest kindergartens, organic farms, environmental laboratories, solar associations to organic shops.
Hunting tax Berlin
The Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation has taken on the task of using the hunting tax to be paid by hunters and falconers in order to protect biodiversity, research the way of life of game and inform the population and to promote hunting.
Climate protection tax
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Since 2009, all authorities in the country have been paying a climate protection fee for their employees' business flights. An average of 50,000 euros per year are raised in this way, which are used by the foundation for climate-relieving nature conservation measures in Berlin. The funds will be used, for example, for the renaturation of Berlin's moors because rewetted wetlands bind large amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide .
Fauna coordination office
The Fauna Coordination Office was set up to record and document endangered animal species. In addition, she develops protective measures in close cooperation with the Berlin nature conservation authorities and informs all interested parties about the biodiversity of their city, for example with excursions. With the Fauna Coordination Office, the State of Berlin supports the important work to preserve biological diversity.
Coordination Office for Flor Protection
On behalf of the Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, the Coordination Office for Flor Protection determines the existence of rare plant species in Berlin that are threatened with extinction without special protective measures. It checks the occurrence and stock situation of 280 plant species, designs suitable protective measures and informs land owners and users, nature conservation authorities, Berlin forests and district authorities about the locations of endangered plants. In addition, it aims to make the rare plants better known in the capital and to create awareness for their protection. The Flor Protection Coordination Office implements the Berlin Flor Protection Concept in cooperation with the State Commissioner for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management and the Botanical Association of Berlin and Brandenburg .
Long day of urban nature
With the Long Day of Urban Nature, the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation has been bringing the capital's biodiversity into the limelight since 2007. This usually takes place on a weekend in June and lasts 26 hours. With around 500 individual events and 25,000 participants annually, the event has developed into the largest nature conservation event in the city. The offer includes, for example, natural history tours through Berlin's forests, parks and green backyards, bike and canoe tours, workshops on urban gardening and other hands-on activities.
Spaces of Nature Experience Berlin
As part of a pilot project, the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation has so far set up three nature experience rooms in the districts of Spandau, Pankow and Marzahn-Hellersdorf. Here, children should gain independent experience of nature, body control and risk competence. These natural adventure spaces also contribute to the development of their social behavior and environmental awareness. The project is funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation with funds from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety as well as by the Pankow district and the Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection and supported by the State Commissioner for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management.
Ecological Federal Volunteer Service
The Federal Ecological Voluntary Service of the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation offers the opportunity to work meaningfully in one of the numerous nature and environmental protection institutions in Berlin after graduation, in retirement or during a professional reorientation. It is aimed at everyone who is over 25 years of age.
Environmental calendar Berlin
The environmental calendar is a website for Berlin's nature and environmental topics, such as botany and zoology, energy and climate protection, sustainability, waste, gardens, agriculture and healthy eating. The online information platform, founded in 2010, offers over 9,000 events annually for every age and interest group. The aim is to increase awareness and demand for the year-round Berlin event program in the field of nature and the environment. In the Berlin Environment Calendar, current Berlin event dates are presented by around 500 associations and clubs, research and educational institutions, foundations, companies, cinemas, authorities, citizens' groups and private individuals. The actors include, for example, the Berlin Zoological Garden , the Museum of Natural History (Berlin) , the Ökowerk Berlin eV Nature Conservation Center , NABU Berlin , BUND Berlin , the Green League , the Botanical Garden and the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Museum . The daily updated event platform is operated by the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation with funds from the Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The raven Ralf: Background of the renaming
- ↑ trenntstadt-berlin.de
- ↑ Concept for pile protection in the state of Berlin (PDF; 1.7 MB)