Serving nature for a century

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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

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Pictures from 100 years of Pro Natura activities.