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WWF Germany office

WWF Germany has approximately 130 staff based in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Hamburg, as well as project offices in Stralsund, Husum, and Mölln at Dessau.

Founded: 31 March 1963

Contact

Christa Behler

Secretary Dept. of Communications WWF Germany,
Frankfurt main
+49 69 79 144 128

Office

WWF Germany,
Frankfurt main

Rebstoeckerstrasse 55 60326 Frankfurt/Main Germany +49 69 79 14 40 +49 69 61 72 21

WWF Conservation Projects in Germany

Fishing boats on a swamp. Danube river, Portile de Fier nature park. Romania.

Reconnecting the Danube

The Danube River is one of Europe’s largest rivers, flowing over 2,857km from Germany’s Black Forest to the Romanian and Ukrainian shores of the Black...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Feb 2008

Integrated River Basin Management of the Southern Baltic Rivers

Polish rivers with large natural and extensively used areas of high biodiversity and natural dynamics are typical for Poland. Species which are rare o...

Modified: Apr 2008 - Started: Jul 2002

Sustainable agriculture in the Alps. Switzerland.

European Alpine Programme

At the end of 1999 an Alpine Programme was initiated by WWF Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland to explore the feasibility of adopting the ecoregi...

Modified: Feb 2008 - Started: Jan 1999

Latest Germany News

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Northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) off the coast of Spain.

Tuna commission urged to add fishing halt to trade ban to save bluefin

Countries meeting in Brazil this week need to agree urgently to temporarily halt bluefin tuna fishings bluefin tuna stocks collapse, warned WWF.  The warning follows findings by the fishery's own scientists that a fishing suspension is the only measure able to ensure bluefin are not still eligible for the highest level of international trade restrictions in 2019.

Posted on 07 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Houses of shrimp fishermen near Mogla, Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh. Poverty is rife in the Sundarbans. These shrimp fishermen's houses are threatened by rising water levels due to climate change and the frequent storms that batter this area

G20 finance ministers fail to reach green on climate financing

Finance ministers of the world’s dominant economies failed to reach agreement on the financing required for a global agreement to stave off catastrophic climate change, WWF said today as the G20 finance ministers meeting here broke up with no resolution to issues dividing developed and emerging economies.

Posted on 07 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

A solar panel is one way of helping curb climate change.

New recipe for a fast acting Europe to profit from going it alone on climate action

A major new European study of the costs of climate protection shows that avoiding dangerous consequences of climate change at manageable costs is only possible with early action – but Europe would profit from taking a leadership role even if other countries continued to hesitate.

Posted on 03 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Relocation of children books production to Asia strongly contributes to deforestation.

Once upon a time in a far away land there was a forest…

Significant amounts of destruction of tropical forests could be involved in producing books for German children, an investigation by WWF-Germany has shown.

Posted on 28 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Participants of Sustainable Navigation Workshop, Ruse, Bulgaria

NGOs join forces to save a living Danube threatened by inland navigation plans

Ruse – The most prominent environmental NGOs active in the Danube basin stand united in their opposition to plans that aim at improving inland navigation at the expense of nature and local economies. On the occasion of an international workshop taking place on the banks of the Danube River in Ruse, Bulgaria, sponsored by WWF, the global conservation organisation, and IAD, the International Association for Danube Research, NGOs adopted their common position “Save the Danube as a lifeline! Steps towards sustainable navigation” and discussed with local and park authorities as well as scientists recent findings and how to cooperate further on the issue.

Posted on 09 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

1,000 ice sculptures melt under the Berlin sun as symbols of the effects of climate change.

Tiny ice figurines draw attention to big problem

1,000 ice sculptures melted under the Berlin sun as symbols of the effects of climate change, drawing attention to a new WWF report on risks of Arctic warming.

Posted on 02 September 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

Zombitse National Park Wetland with forest in background, Vohibasia, Madagascar.

Wealthy world at risk from water woes elsewhere

A study of the water footprint of Germany emphasises how the developed world needs to care for developing world river basins supplying vast quantities of “virtual water” embedded in imported products and commodities, WWF told World Water Week delegates today.

Posted on 20 August 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

For centuries, Danube fish and other wildlife have been a source of food and livelihoods.

Danube Day -- fears amidst the celebrations

Amidst this year's celebrations of Danube Day, WWF is concerned about persisting threats to the Danube as a living river. Government and EU plans to remove “bottlenecks” for navigation could impact up to 1,000 km of the river’s most natural sections.

Posted on 28 June 2009 | Read more

Black-headed gulls attacking grey heron, Middle Elbe biosphere reserve, Germany

Last shots come in for world's largest nature photo shoot

A striking symmetry of wings as two gulls attack a grey heron on the Elbe in Germany. An ibex caught negotiating an absolutely impossible slope in Spain. A Hungarian bee eater of spectacular plumage snapped catching a bumblebee nearly as colourful.

Posted on 21 June 2009 | Read more

DG Jim Leape at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference

Civil society wants sustainable growth package from G-20

WWF International Director General James Leape and others have signed an open letter addressed to G-20 heads of state on behalf of an "international global coalition for a green economy” asking the group to pick an economic stimulus package that supports sustainable growth.

Posted on 02 April 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

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