Projects

Taxon Foundation runs community projects with the best biodiversity experts for nature education and conservation. On this page you’ll find a overview of our projects.

Expedition Singelpark

2023

Scientific research with locals and schools on the biodiversity of the Singelpark in Leiden.

Scientific research with locals and schools on the biodiversity of the Singelpark in Leiden.

Dirt road Epse

2021

Research with villagers to prevent the surfacing and installation of street lighting of an old dirt road in the Achterhoek.

The beetles of Lichtenbeek estate

2022

40 years on

Hoping to catch the elusive German sexton beetle, Nicrophorus germanicus, schoolboy Menno Schilthuizen did a carrion beetle trapping study in Oosterbeek in 1982.

A threatened old orchard in Schalkwijk

2021

An old pear orchard in the heart of the village of Schalkwijk was slated to be levelled for a new residential area.

Cave fauna of Georgia

2021

In collaboration with local spelunkers, Taxon Foundation will carry out an expedition to investigate the cave animals of some of the most spectacular limestone caves of Georgia.

Spoorweghaven Leiden

2020

A threatened strip of urban green

An abandoned strip along the railroad in the centre of Leiden was adopted by the local neighbourhood and, over 30 years, grew into a bit of wild urban nature.