First deputy:
Head of the district authority
Oswald Marr, Kronach
President nature park Frankenwald
Deputy President of the alliance of Bavarian nature parks.

Second deputy:
Siegfried Siebens, Hannover
Director nature park Steinhuder Meer
Head of the consortium of Lower-Saxonian nature parks.

Bernhard Drixler, Murrhardt
Director nature park Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald

Head of district authority
Friedel Heuwinkel, Detmold
President nature park Eggegebirge and südlicher Teutoburger Wald
Assistant director of the consortium nature parks Northrhein-Westfalia

Head of district authority
Harri Reiche, Naumburg
Director nature park Saale-Untrut-Triasland

Minister of State, retired.
Karl Schneider, Bickenbach
President of the German associations for mountain regions and hiking.

Head of district authority, retired.
Dr. Lutz-Rainer Senglaub, Stadtilm

Ilka Wedekind, Güstrow
State office for Environment, nature protection and geology in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Department of nature protection and large scale reserves.

Office employees:
Jörg Liesen, expert
Martina Porzelt, project manager

Office address:
Verband Deutscher Naturparke (VDN)
Görresstr. 15
D-53113 Bonn
Tel: (+49) 0228/921 2860
Fax: (+49) 0228/921 2869
info@naturparke.de
www.naturparke.de

Kaufland
Kaufland established in cooperation with the Association of German Nature Parks (Verband Deutscher Naturparke, VDN) the nationwide environmental education program “experience environment”. A following important step will be furthermore the development of the cooperation with the VDN and the nature parks all across Germany . Kaufland supports VDN activities especially in the area of public relations and environmental education. For the next years Kaufland is going to deepen the national and regional cooperation with nature parks as engagement in environmental activities in areas in need of protection.

Since October 1st 2007 the VDN presents, supported by Kaufland, the online photo competition “Augenblick Natur!”
www.kaufland.de


Lidl
Lidl supports the activities of the Association of German Nature Parks especially in the area of public relations and environmental education. Lidl is involved with that project due to people and landscape in areas in need of protection. Based on long-term considerations , the cooperation between Lidl and the german nature parks becomes an important main pillar of the regional and national Lidl engagement in environmental questions.

Since October 1st 2007 the VDN presents, supported by Kaufland, the online photo competition “Augenblick Natur!”
www.lidl.de