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Unitedforbiodiversity” on 12 July 2021 (Press Release out Or About to Be Launched) List of confirmed institutions and organisations in the Global Coalition “#UnitedforBiodiversity” on 12 July 2021 (press release out or about to be launched) 280 institutions from 51 countries (202 from 24 EU countries, 78 from 27 non EU countries) 43 organisations/associations See map and logos on https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/coalition/index_en.htm All have endorsed the common pledge https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/coalition/images/poster.jpg Institutions – members of the Coalition Angola (1) Iona National Park Austria (5) Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna Tiergarten Schoenbrunn - Zoo Vienna, Vienna Haus des Meeres, Vienna Alpenzoo Innsbruck-Tirol, Innsbruck Salzburg Zoo, Anif Belgium (15) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels Research Institute Nature and Forest / Instituut Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), Brussels Aquarium Museum de l'Université de Liège, Liège Espaces Botaniques Universitaires de Liège - Observatoire du monde des plantes, Liège Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren Meise Botanic Garden, Meise Nature reserve De Zegge, Geel ZOO Planckendael, Mechelen ZOO Serpentarium, Blankenberge ZOO Antwerp, Antwerpen Fondation Folon, La Hulpe Pairi Daiza / Fondation Pairi Daiza, Brugelette UCLouvain Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles Ghent University, Ghent Benin (2) Pendjari National Park W National Park Brazil (2) Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo, São Paulo São Paulo Aquarium, São Paulo Bulgaria (2) National Museum of Natural History, Sofia Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1 Cambodge (1) Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity, Banteay Srei Canada (5) Espace pour la vie – Insectarium, Montréal Espace pour la vie – Biodôme, Montréal Espace pour la vie - jardin botanique, Montréal Espace pour la vie -Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan, Montréal Canadian Museum of Nature / Musée canadien de la nature, Ottawa Central African Republic (1) Chinko Nature Reserve Chad (3) Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve Siniaka Minia Wildlife Reserve Zakouma National Park Congo (1) Odzala-Kokoua National Park Croatia (2) Aquarium Pula, Pula Aquatika, Karlovac Czechia (4) Brno Zoo, Brno Přírodovědecká fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, Prague Národní National Museum Prague, Prague Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences / Botanický ústav AV ČR, Pruhonice Democratic Republic of Congo (1) Garamba National Park Denmark (10) Odense Zoo, Odense AQUA Akvarium & Dyrepark, Silkeborg Kattegatcentret, Grena Den Blå Planet National Aquarium Denmark, Kastrup Fjord&Bælt, Kerteminde Naturama, Svendborg Givskud Zoo, Givskud Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet, Esbjerg Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Copenhagen Botanisk Have, Copenhagen Estonia (3) Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu Natural History Museum, University of Tartu, Tartu Botanical Garden, University of Tartu, Tartu 2 Finland (1) LUOMUS, the Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki France (43) Parc animalier des Pyrénées, Ayzac-Ost Legendia Parc, Frossay Zoo de La Palmyre, Les Mathes Zoo African Safari, Plaisance-du-Touch Zoo de la Barben, la Barben ZooParc de Beauval, Saint-Aignan Beauval Nature, Saint-Aignan Zoodyssée, Villiers-en-Bois Parc Zoologique de la Boissière du Doré, La Boissière-du-Doré Parc Zoologique Cerza, Hermival-les-Vaux Parc Animalier de Sainte-Croix, Rhodes Zoo d’Asson, Asson Parc Zoo du Reynou, Le Vigen La Vallée des Singes, Romagne Le Conservatoire pour la Protection des Primates, Romagne Océanopolis, Brest Parc de Branféré, Le Guerno Zoo des Sables d'Olonne, Les Sables-d’Olonne Natur’Zoo de Mervent, Mervent Zoo de Labenne, Labenne Parc Zoologique de Champrépus, Champrépus Muséum de Besançon, Besançon Le PAL / Fondation Le PAL Nature, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine, Doué-la-Fontaine Parc naturel régional des marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Nausicaá, Boulogne-sur-mer Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris Muséum de Toulouse, Toulouse Musée et Parc Buffon de Montbard, Montbard Parc animalier d'Auvergne, Ardes Muséum d’Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle, La Rochelle Planète Sauvage, Port-Saint-Père Safari de Peaugres, Peaugres Espace Zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine - Association Tonga Terre d'Accueil Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy, Nancy Jardin botanique de Nancy, Villers-Lès-Nancy Planet Ocean Montpellier, Montpellier LaM - Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve-d'Ascq Écolothèque de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, Saint-Jean-de-Védas Grand Aquarium de Touraine, Lussault-sur-Loire Parc zoologique de la Bourbansais, Pleugueneuc Parc Animalier d'Écouves, Le Bouillon Aquarium de Lyon, La Mulatière 3 Germany (36) BIOTOPIA Naturkundemuseum Bayern, Munich Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, Munich Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn Wilhelma Zoologische-Botanische Garten, Stuttgart Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart Herbarium of the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart Allwetterzoo Münster, Münster Internationale Zentrum für Schildkrötenschutz, Münster Aquazoo - Löbbecke Museum, Düsseldorf Senckenberg Society for Nature Research / Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt Zoo Frankfurt, Frankfurt Tiergarten Nürnberg, Nürnberg Tierpark Nordhorn, Nordhorn Zoo Heidelberg, Heidelberg Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode CeNaK - Centre of Natural History - University of Hamburg, Hamburg Bielefeld - Namu (Natur|Mensch|Umwelt) Naturkunde-Museum, Bielefeld Braunschweig- Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig Zoological Museum Kiel, Kiel Müritzeum, Waren (Müritz) Museum of Nature and Environment Lübeck, Lübeck Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg /State Museum of Nature and man, Oldenburg Übersee - Museum of Bremen, Bremen Botanika Bremen, Bremen Haus der Natur – Cismar, Grömitz Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock, Rostock Zoological Institute and Museum Greifswald, Greifswald German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund, Stralsund Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven Serengeti Park, Hodenhagen Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Berlin LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold, Detmold Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum, Bochum Kölner Zoo, Köln Gibraltar (1) Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park, Gibraltar Greece (6) Axios Delta National Park & Thermaikos Gulf Protected Areas Management Authority, Thessaloniki Natural History Museum of Crete, Heraklion Attica Zoological Park, Athens Goulandris Natural History Museum, Athens Lake Kerkini National Park & Lake Kerkini Management Authority, Kerkini Olympus National Park, Litochoro 4 Hungary (6) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden, Budapest Centre for Ecological Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences / Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Ökológiai Kutatóközpont, Budapest National Botanical Garden / Nemzeti Botanikus Kert, Vácrátót Botanikus kert Debreceni Egyetem / University of Debrecen Botanical Garden, Debrecen Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE) / Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem (MATE), Gödöllö Iceland (1) Icelandic Museum of Natural History - Náttúruminjasafn Íslands, Reykjavik Ireland (2) Dublin Zoo, Dublin Galway Atlantaquaria, Galway Israel (2) Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv National Natural History Collections at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Italy (11) Zoo di Napoli, Naples Botanical Garden of Rome, Rome Acquario di Genova, Genoa Acquario di Cattolica, Cattolica Acquario di Livorno, Livorno Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Florence Orto e Museo Botanico dell'Università di Pisa, Pisa Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Pisa, Pisa Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, Ferrara Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Torino Museo delle Scienze, Trento Latvia (1) Riga Zoo, Riga Lebanon (1) The Nature Conservation Center, American University of Beirut, Beirut Lithuania (1) Tadas Ivanauskas Zoology Museum, Kaunas Luxembourg (1) Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg - 'natur musée', Luxembourg Malawi (4) Liwonde National Park Majete Wildlife Reserve Mangochi Forest Reserve Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve 5 Mexico (1) Jardín de las Esculturas del Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura, Xalapa Monaco (1) Oceanographic Institute of Monaco, Monaco Mozambique (3) Gorongosa National Park, Gorongosa Maputo Natural History Museum, Maputo Parque Nacional Bazaruto Netherlands (3) Van Gogh Nationaal Park, Tilburg Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden Burgers’Zoo, Arnhem Norway (2) University of Bergen, Bergen Natural History Museum University of Oslo, Oslo Panama (1) Biomuseo, Panama City Portugal (10) Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto Jardim Botânico do Porto, Porto Galeria da Biodiversidade – Centro Ciência Viva, Porto Monte Selvagem, Lavre Zoo de Lagos, Lagos Oceanário de Lisboa, Lisbon Câmara Municipal de Cascais - Quinta do Pisão Câmara Municipal de Cascais - Núcleo de Interpretação das Dunas da Cresmina Câmara Municipal de Cascais - Centro de Interpretacao Ambiental da Pedra do Sal Zoo Lourosa, Lourosa Puerto Rico (1) EcoExploratorio, Museo de Ciencias de Puerto Rico, San Juan Romania (1) Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Tulcea Rwanda (2) Akagera National Park Nyungwe National Park Slovakia (5) Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Karlova Ves Slovak National Museum, Museum of National History, Bratislava
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