Ancient beech forests are the rainforests of Europe, and similar to the tropics, they are in very bad shape. Today, we no longer find any primeval forests in Germany, and the old trees are also becoming increasingly rare: beech forests over 180 years old now only account for 0.16 percent of the land area. And even these small remnant areas continue to be managed, so that as a rule only one third of the trees remain in these old-growth forests. Deadwood, present in virgin forests at about 20,000 cubic metres of wood per square kilometre and an important habitat for 3,000 species of insects and fungi, is largely absent in managed forests. (Source: www.wohllebens-waldakademie.de)

Luchs Bayern e.V. is an association of like-minded people from a wide range of disciplines who are committed to the protection and conservation of the lynx. Their vision is to ensure the survival of the lynx in the long term. With the Bavarian-Czech "Trans-Lynx" project launched in 2013, the species conservation efforts were for the first time tackled on a large scale and across populations and continued in the "3Lynx Project".

OneTreePlanted is a non-profit organisation that focuses on global reforestation. 

SharkProject is dedicated to the protection of sharks by educating the population about the problems of commercial fishing through targeted and extensive information and education work.

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), is the world's leading non-profit organisation dedicated exclusively to the conservation of whales and dolphins.