Name
International Friends of Nature
website
country
Austria
Goal
promotes sustainable tourism and encourages international friendship. Also known as Naturfreunde in German, this organization started among individuals who loved outdoor activities and who also believed in taking care of nature.
The main pillars of the International Friends of Nature rest on:
Sustainable development
Regional ecological development
Ecological tourism
Currently, this movement has grown to around 45 member organizations, over 350,000 members, and runs about 700 houses in Europe. The Vienna-based IFN (International Friends of Nature) is the umbrella organization of all the national Friends of Nature organizations.
Main Topic
Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
All Topics
Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
Scale
- International
Actors
- Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)
Main Activity
Facilitating dialogue and networking;
Activities
- Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
- Facilitating dialogue and networking
- Showcasing and/or demonstrating practices
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.