Our German twins

Since March 27th 1999 the Cornwall Wildlife Trust has been officially twinned with the Lower Saxony branch of Naturschutzbund Deutschland (Nature Protection Society of Germany) – NABU for short.

NABU is the oldest nature conservation body in Germany. Founded in 1899 by a courageous lady from Baden-Württemberg, Lina Hähnle, NABU has meanwhile grown up to the biggest non-governmental nature conservation body in Germany.

Whilst it was originally meant to be a society for birdwatching and the protection of birds, NABU’s work now covers a wide range of environmental topics. The work focuses very much on lobbying (environmental input into political decisions and, for example, planning processes). Public awareness and environmental education also play an important role, as well as campaigning, e.g. for bringing nature back into house gardens and for supporting organic farming.