Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur by natur&ëmwelt
The purchase and maintenance of nature conservation areas, information and awareness campaigns for the protection of nature and biodiversity, scientific work, the protection of forests, the implementation of national, interregional and European projects for the protection of nature are important fields of activity of the Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur by natur&ëmwelt. Many projects can be implemented thanks to donations and legacies.
The foundation is the owner of 1500 ha of nature conservation areas (including wetlands, dry grasslands, small water bodies, forests, hedges, orchards, vineyard terraces, fallow land and Ardennes valleys), which represent a treasure for biodiversity.
The maintenance of these areas is carried out in close cooperation with farmers, volunteers or social institutions.
Examples of extensive projects and actions of the Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur by natur&ëmwelt are:
-the protection of wet meadows and valley floodplains in the Ösling,
-the conservation of the freshwater pearl mussel in the Ardennes,
-the renaturation of the Alzette near Schifflange,
-the promotion and preservation of meadow orchards,
-communal nature conservation.