Partners & Sponsors

The Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas belongs to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the biggest research organization in Spain. It is a multidisciplinary institute, which guarantees plenty of opportunities for cutting-edge research: desertification, evolution, ecology, behaviour, global change, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity conservation,… In La Hoya Field Station the EEZA-CSIC houses over 300 individuals of 3 endangered North African gazelles whose European Captive Breeding Programmes (EEPs) are being coordinated by EEZA’s researchers.

Tunisia Wildlife Conservation Society is a non-governmental organization concerned with studying and protecting wildlife in-situ and ex-situ in collaboration with Tunisian institutions and specialized international organizations. It pays special attention to endangered species in Tunisia. It also seeks to define the importance of biodiversity in maintaining the ecological balance and looks for rising awareness among people and institutions by emphasizing on the role of wildlife in enriching the Tunisian natural heritage.

The Direction Générale de Forêts is the official institution managing forests and protected areas in Tunisia. It develops the policy related to both forest conservation and forest development and sustentable use. It is under the umbrella of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, and coordinated with other related Miniteries.

Decree No 2001-419 of 13 February 2001, laid down the functions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, who's mission is to run in coordination with the departments concerned, the state policy in the field agriculture and fisheries, ensuring the promotion of this sector and help create a favorable climate for its development.

For this, it is responsible for the mobilization of all available natural resources and the realization of any work of basic infrastructure for the conservation of agricultural land resources, conservation of production elements and their support for a General and continuous agricultural development.

Was born from the commitment of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) with Banco Santander, Fundación BBVA, Fundación Cajasol, Fundación Ramón Areces, Kutxa and Fundación Bancaria “la Caixa” to make research an effective instrument of public-private collaboration. It seeks to increase the economic and social value of CSIC’s research, for a greater effectiveness and transfer of the results of its activity.

The Ministry of Environment is responsible for the coordination and animation of the state policy on sustainable development, taking all measures to improve the quality and effectiveness of the action of the State in the environmental fields, as well as measures that may be required by the need to inform the public.

It is a non-profit private entity whose objectives are i) to preserve the Environment and its Biodiversity, ii) to promote the sustainable use of resources, iii) to conserve the Natural Heritage and iv) to raise awareness on nature conservation. The Foundation incorporates into its projects campaigns for training and raising awareness on the specific objectives of each project beings its conviction that only through education and knowledge is it possible to achieve the awareness necessary to protect the Natural Heritage.

Marcelle Natureza is a zoo located at Río Miño bank and belonging to Red Natura 2000. It is home to species from the five continents living in habitats which guarantee the satisfaction of all their physical and psychological needs. One of the main characteristics of the environment is the absence of natural structures alteration. We try to make constructions with so much biological material as possible escaping from too many “human” constructions, which give the park a very natural look. This place is mainly focused on finding shelter for animals coming from recovery or rescue centers or belonging to preservation programmes as it is the case of Cuvier’s gazelle. To transmit a conservationist message and the respect for environment is a basic tool to help to protect this species.

It is located 17 km from Santander (Cantabria) and occupies an area of 750 hectares, travelled by 28 km of roads. It was built in a place declared "Mining Geological Point of Interest" and is conceptualized by its futuristic philosophy as a "different” Conservation Centre. It stands out for being home of large groups of big mammals in big enclosures; at present, 25 ha for a family group of 18 African Elephants, 35 ha for Brown Bears, 2 ha for Tigers, as well as a Reptile House with 35 species of poisonous animals. The Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno hosts almost 1000 animals of 123 species from the 5 continents, from which  21 are EEP,  and is involved in  “in situ” and “ex situ” conservation projects. Its Environmental Education Department welcomes more than 24,000 children every year.