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Climate solutions Serving nature for a century Previous Next The brown bear – Pro Natura's 2009 animal of the year © Neil McIntyre/NHPA/SUTTER/Pro Natura 1904 - The last bear shot in Switzerland before last year © Pro Natura A pioneer in protecting nature in Switzerland: Paul Sarasin, first president of Pro Natura, or the Swiss association for nature protection as it was known then ( (1908) © Pro Natura Val Trupchun in Switzerland's first and only national park © Pro Natura Ibex are reintroduced to the Swiss Alps (canton Bern, 1961) © Pro Natura The Schoggitaler - Pro Natura's popular and tasty annual fundraising effort for over 60 years © Pro Natura Protected zones such as the Etang de la Gruère in canton Jura are a Pro Natura speciality © Pro Natura Educating the public - organising field trips for example - has always been an important task for Pro Natura © Pro Natura The Villa Cassel – the Pro Natura centre in the World Heritage listed Aletsch region © Pro Natura, Laudo Albrecht The Champ-Pittet centre is in the middle of the Grande Cariçaie marsh near Yverdon-les-Bains in western Switzerland © Pro Natura Looking for animal tracks at the Champ-Pittet centre © Pro Natura Pro Natura also organises field trips for schools © Pro Natura The organisation is attempting to save the endangered Woodland Brown butterly in canton Solothurn © Naturpark Thal Damselfly breeding: Banded Demoiselles (the male is on the left) © Pro Natura / Stefan Huwiler Pro Natura has been backing the reintroduction of beavers to Swiss waterways © Pro Natura, B. Mainini Beavers are once again leaving their mark on Switzerland © Pro Natura The Magadino plain in the southern canton of Ticino, another protected area that is being revitalised by Pro Natura © (Foto: Massimo Pedrezzini) The Birs River before and after being restored to a more natural state © Tiefbauamt, Kanton Basel-Landschaft Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8 Picture 9 Picture 10 Picture 11 Picture 12 Picture 13 Picture 14 Picture 15 Picture 16 Picture 17 Picture 18 Pictures from 100 years of Pro Natura activities. This content was published on January 23, 2009 - 16:08 You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
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