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The Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. ("The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union") or '

'' is a German

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(NGO) dedicated to conservation at home and abroad, including the protection of rivers, forests and individual species of animals.

General facts

NABU is one of the largest, oldest and most well-known, nature conservation groups in Germany and has worked for over 100 years for people and nature. NABU carries out specific conservation projects, maintains a research institute, runs environmental training and informs the

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and public about important topics connected with the environment and nature conservation. The society is formally recognised by the German state as an environmental and conservation society, a body responsible for public issues (''Träger öffentlicher Belange''), and must therefore be consulted over issues affecting the

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. NABU has, together with its sister organisation in Bavaria, about 960,000 members () as active conservationists or supporters. They are organised into about 2,000 local groups across Germany. NABU is the national partner organisation of

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. The organisation is one of the most significant members of the German umbrella organization of the German

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(DNR).

History

The NABU was founded by Lina Hähnle on 1 February 1899 in

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as the Bund für Vogelschutz (BfV). In 1990 the BfV merged with former DDR Naturschutz society to Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU). Since then, the focus got broader and NABU built up divisions for international conservation projects,

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and energy sufficiency.

Guides

NABU Ostalb-GuidesNABU Neckar-GuidesNABU Mittlere Alb-Guides

References

External links

Official website of the NABU
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