Only when all special and strictly protected animal species have disappeared
 from our planet, people, with their exploitative their exploitative speciesism,
begin to reflect on their infinite stupidity.
(Hans-Joachim Klinner 2009)
"The purest form of insanity is to leave everything as it is
and at the same time hoping that something will change."
(Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner 1928) 

1. Insects

Well over half of all animal species are insects. Millions of species populate our planet.

They play an irreplaceable role in maintaining ecological relationships and human well-being.

They belong to the most diverse class of animals, led by the orders of beetles, butterflies, bipeds and hymenoptera. They pollinate around 80 percent of our crops and wild plants.

But where it used to hum and buzz, it has gone quiet in recent years.
Insect mortality is one of the biggest species extinctions on the planet.

It is no exaggeration to claim that bees are keeping the world in joint. Without bees there would be almost no plants, no functioning agriculture. Two thirds of our flora depend on their pollination. If the insects die, the food shelves in the stores remain empty. 

With the help of the New Zealand masked bee, it is even possible to solve the plastic waste problem. The biopolymer of their nests is as tear-resistant, water-repellent, heat-resistant and resilient as plastic film.

Insects that save our world every day need a lobby. In collaboration with cooperation partners, beekeepers, farmers and committed conservationists, we want to help stop their extinction.

2. Sea dwellers

Experts know the ecological importance of whales an important prerequisite for forecasts of change in polar ecosystems in the context of global climate change.

Scientists found that whales also improve the food cycle for fish and drive their reproduction. Thus, where whales are present, conservation of stocks is guaranteed.

Even though the polar regions are among the most inhospitable areas on our planet, the largest marine animals live there. However, the reason for the large number of whales and seals in the Arctic & Antarctic lies not only in the seemingly inexhaustible abundance of food such as krill, a type of crab, which is found in immense quantities, but above all in the hostility to humans. The giants of the animal world survived longest in the regions of the earth inaccessible to humans.

Their future is our future.

- Whales feed on krill and fish
  in the depths of the oceans.

- For their excrements they come
  to the surface of the sea. There live
  microscopic plants,
  the so-called phytoplankton.
  The excrement of the whales is an
  important fertilizer for the phytoplankton.

- More whale excrement means
  more phytoplankton. Phytoplankton
  converts sunlight into energy
  sunlight into energy and
  oxygen. It produces at least
  half of the oxygen in our
  atmosphere and, with the help of
  whales thus has a positive effect on
  our climate.

3. Wildlife

We can already estimate what will happen if there are no more elephants. The consequences of extinction affect us all, ranging from the deterioration of the global climate to mass migration.

Yet these sensitive giants play an important role in ecosystems. Even in their footprints it is possible to live, as scientists have discovered.

The existence of elephants helps to mitigate the negative changes in our global climate. Apart from large birds, it is only large mammals that do almost all the dispersal of larger seeds. When these animals no longer exist in the ecosystem, the natural balance falters. This leads to a loss of trees with heavy wood and thus a loss of a forest's ability to store carbon by 5-20%, depending on the tree species of the region.

Elephants are the most significant dispersers of large seeds that fall from trees in the Central African forest. These extensive forests are the second most important forests in the world for CO2 capture.

90% of the forest elephants that live there have been slaughtered by poachers in the last 50 years. This means that old trees that still exist there cannot be replaced by young, regrowing trees in the future. The ability of the Central African forest to store CO2 will be greatly reduced as a result. World temperatures will continue to rise, which will promote dry seasons and thus offer fewer opportunities to grow food. Another reason why more and more Africans will be forced to migrate to richer countries.

Exploitation is something commonplace for humans.
Is it really acceptable to harm other living beings if this is
connected with an advantage - no matter how small it may be? 

  • Since 2009, about one third of all insect species and spiders have disappeared. The main cause of the death of insects such as bees is industrial agriculture with its poisons (neonicotinoids...), herbicides (glyphosate...), over-fertilization and a monotonous agricultural landscape.

  • Etwa 70 Prozent der Erdoberfläche sind von Wasser bedeckt. Doch heute schwimmen in jedem Quadratkilometer der Meere hunderttausende Teile Plastikmüll. Seevögel verenden qualvoll an Handyteilen in ihrem Magen, Schildkröten halten Plastiktüten für Quallen und Fische verwechseln winzige Plastikteilchen mit Plankton.

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  • However, due to the advancing deforestation of the rainforest, more and more animals are losing their homes. If their tree is cut down or their territory destroyed, they have no chance of survival. Many animals also die due to illegal trade. For example, thousands of monkeys, parrots and jaguars die every year because someone wants them as a pet or the fur in their living room.

    For all these reasons, an incredible average of 150 species of animals and plants die out every day. Forever.

  • Elephant poaching has reached alarming proportions in recent years - an elephant is killed by poachers every 15 minutes. Experts estimate that around 35,000 to 40,000 elephants fall victim to poaching each year. Within 20 years, the number of eastern lowland gorillas alone has dropped from 15,000 to fewer than 5,000. 

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