Switzerland is home to a wide range of habitats: forests, meadows, rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Many of these ecosystems are threatened or have declined significantly. As a result, the habitat available to many animal and plant species is shrinking.

Intact, structurally rich habitats protect the climate and support biodiversity. Species-rich ecosystems respond more resiliently to heat, drought, and heavy rainfall than uniform landscapes. Connectivity is also crucial: without links between habitats, many species struggle to find food and reproduce.

In Waldenburg, the Forstbetriebe Frenkentäler specifically improve conditions for animals and plants and strengthen the connection between different habitats. Thanks to a new ecological corridor, rare species such as butterflies find better conditions for reproduction. The project creates light-rich areas so that plants such as orchids can spread again. Restored and newly built dry stone walls provide insects with new habitats and connect individual areas. In this way, the project strengthens regional biodiversity in the long term.

The nature conservation initiative is part of a combined project.

Companies investing in this project support both the planting of climate-resilient trees and a certified international climate project – delivering double the impact. For every tonne of CO₂ saved through the contribution via a certified climate project, a financial contribution flows to Forstbetriebe Frenkentäler.

Currently, nature conservation in Switzerland is combined with a certified social impact project in India (climatepartner.com/1607). This climate project enables local women to purchase clean energy products such as solar lamps and water filters.

Combined climate projects to date:

• Solar energy, India (climatepartner.com/1447)

• Wind energy, Ovalle, Chile (climatepartner.com/1272).