ARCHE NOAH, Gesellschaft für die Erhaltung der Kulturpflanzenvielfalt und ihre Entwicklung

EU Legislative Interests

Regulation on the Production and Marketing of Plant Reproductive Material Intellectual Property Rights (Plant Variety Protection and Patents on Plants and Animals) Nagoya Protocol Plant Health Regulation Biodiversity Strategy Farm to Fork Strategy Genetic Resources Conservation and Management Common Agricultural Policy

Communication Activities

Advocacy work; public campaigns; awareness raising; publication of technical and political position papers; organisation of conferences and other events; international projects related to the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources in agriculture

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

No Patents on Seeds https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/ Ökobüro https://www.oekobuero.at/de/ European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity https://liberatediversity.org/ IG Saatgut https://www.ig-saatgut.de/ Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e. V. https://kulturpflanzen-nutztiervielfalt.org/ Bio Austria https://www.bio-austria.at/ EU Food Policy Coalition https://foodpolicycoalition.eu/

Organisation Members

Business sponsors: http://www.arche-noah.at/ueber-uns/sponsorpartner

Additional Information

ARCHE NOAH is mainly funded by donations and member's contributions, we have about 14.000 individual members and regular donors, which is the foundation of our budget. No singular contribution exceeds 10% of our budget. On EU grants and projects 2025: (1) We are part of an accredited Erasmus+ mobility project network for adult learning ("Erwachsenenbildung Konsortium Umweltwissen NÖ") (2) FruitDiv, We are part of the Project “Crop wild relatives for sustainable agriculture tentatively“ called FRUITDIV under the European Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024 Cluster 6. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (3) Obst-Monitoring (2024-2025), funded by the Austrian government and co-funded by EU Next Generation (4) We are partner in the Erasmus+ Small Scale Partnership Project " Aufbau eines Streuobst-Wiki als Beitrag zur Bewältigung des Klimawandels: Miteinander – Ergänzen – Netzwerk bilden ". (5) Samen.Träger (2024-2026) funded by the Austrian government and co-funded by EU Next Generation, but no payments in 2025 (6) Superhochstamm, EIP-Agri, funded by the Austrian government and co-funded by EU Next Generation For 2026, we have not received EU grants yet.