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Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerger Natur- a Vulleschutzliga (LNVL)
Lëtzebuerger Natur- a Vulleschutzliga (LNVL) is the BirdLife Partner
Founded in: 1920Members: 14,000
Staff: 4
Address: Haus vun der Natur - Kräizhaff, 5 Route de Luxembourg, L-1899 Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Email: birgit.jacoby@luxnatur.lu
Web: http://www.lnvl.lu
Mission of the organisation
To protect wild birds and their habitats, LNVL works closely with its foundation Hëllef fir d'Natur, which is concerned with the purchase and management of habitats.
Key Activities
- Public relations
- Campaigns
- Nature education in schools
- Bird of the year
- National tree day
- The taste of the landscape
- Projects
- Conservation work on Black Stork
- Scientific work
- Youth clubs
- Consultation about birds and nature problems in general
- Publishing a newspaper and information bulletin
Recent Achievements
- Participated in a Black Stork migration programme in collaboration with Belgium and France
- More than 400 new members joined the Regulus Junior Club, a youth environmental education project
- Created an Ornithological Bureau, financially supported by the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment and employing the country's first ever professional ornithologist
- Following LNVL recommendations, all nine Luxembourg IBAs were included in national SPA proposals by the government
- Carried out national surveys of the Eagle Owl and Peregrine
- Held a fundraising campaign in collaboration with Volkswagen
- Recruited almost 500 new members