Organization:Association for the Defense of Nature

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Association for the Defense of Nature
Associació per a la Defensa de la Natura
Logo adn.jpg
Founded1986
TypeNon-governmental organization
FocusEnvironmentalism
Location
Area served
 Andorra
Websiteadn-andorra.org

The Association for the Defense of Nature (ADN) was born in 1986 as a result of the concern of a group of people for the environment. It is an NGO that aims to protect and study nature in Andorra.[1] The ADN pursues its aims through three basic lines of action: conservation, study and information.

Conservation

ADN carries out direct action of nature conservation:

  • Promotes planning to streamline the human presence (industrial, tourism, etc..) In the Valleys of Andorra.
  • Work for the creation of protected natural areas, suggesting areas, management measures, ways of sustainable use, etc..
  • Vigil for the safeguarding of endangered species, both animal and vegetable.
  • Claim effective solutions to the problems of pollution and waste.
  • Collaborate with other institutions to create, adapt and apply the laws of environmental protection.

Study

ADN contributes to research on the environment and this protection:

  • Promotes and develops scientific basis for conservation actions and proposals.
  • Learn lesser known natural elements of our country, analyzing the situation and proposing measures for their protection.[2]

Information

The ADN is to discover and appreciate nature and therefore:

  • Organizers:

Check educational tours to the mountain and protected natural areas Conferences, symposia and debates. Shares of environmental education with a solid scientific basis, in coordination with other institutions.[3]

  • Edit and spreads:

Informative publications on the natural heritage of Andorra and the need to preserve it. The periodical "Aigüerola".

Collaboration

It is affiliate to BirdLife International.[4]

BirdLife is the most important world organization for the study and protection of birds and their habitats.[5]

Maintains contact and exchanges with many international organizations with similar objectives.[6][7]

Participates and organizes symposia and international conferences.[8]

References

  1. "ADN organitza una projecció de fotografies del sud-est d'Àsia" (in ca). Diari Bondia Andorra. 2009-04-20. http://www.bondia.ad/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4656&Itemid=999. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  2. "La petjada ecològica d'Andorra: càlcul i educació ambiental" (in ca). UNESCO Andorra. 2005. http://www.unesco.ad/imagenes/publicacions/butlleti13.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  3. "ADN obre el debat entre el jovent sobre l'alt nivell d'insostenibilitat" (in ca). Diari Bondia Andorra. 2009-06-10. http://www.bondia.ad/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5853:adn-obre-el-debat-entre-el-jovent-sobre-lalt-nivell-dinsostenibilitat&catid=43:societat. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  4. "L'Associació per a la Defensa de la Natura is the BirdLife Affiliate". Birdlife International. http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/andorra/index.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  5. "About BirdLife". Birdlife International. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110514003940/http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/index.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  6. "Pour un plan global de restauration et de cohabitation avec l'ours dans les Pyrénées" (in fr). Pays de l'ours. 2010-05-11. http://www.paysdelours.com/fr/pour-un-plan-global-de-restauration-et-de-cohabitation-avec-l-ours-dans-les-pyrenees.html?cmp_id=50&news_id=737. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  7. "Les pro-ours se retrouvent en Andorre" (in fr). Pyrénéesinfo.fr. 2010-05-11. http://www.pyreneesinfo.fr/actu/pyrenees-les-pro-ours-se-retrouvent-en-andorre. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  8. "2010 Any Internacional de la Diversitat Biològica - Programa d’activitats" (in ca). UNESCO Andorra. 2010-05-08. http://www.unesco.ad/imagenes/biodiversitat.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 

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