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The Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation operates all over the world via ownership as well as support of research and nature projects. The objective of the Foundation is to contribute to the preservation of nature in all its diversity, and at the same time to open the eyes of the public to all that nature has to offer. The Foundation works to communicate the importance of protecting endangered wildlife and natural habitats.
Through the acquisition of conservation areas, and through the participation in projects, the Foundation is committed to preserving, protecting and developing natural values. The goal is to give the general public the opportunity to experience a rich and diverse nature – now and forever.
The Foundation owns a number of nature reserves in Scotland, South Africa and Denmark. These nature reserves are to be protected or developed for the benefit of plants, wildlife, birds, fish – and people.
An example is the Maremani Nature Reserve northeast of Johannesburg in South Africa. This reserve has been acquired to once again restore the tropical savannah with the indigenous plants and animals that were being threatened by human activity. The vision and mission for the nature reserves envisage the restoration of the natural habitats, as closely as possible, to their pristine state.
Only by learning about – or seeing for themselves – the vast variety in wild animals, insects, birds and landscapes, will present and future generations appreciate all that nature has to offer. On their own doorstep or further afield.
This is at the heart of why the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation owns and manages nature reserves and supports research, reports and books on nature. And why it is actively engaged in establishing visitors’ centres, nature schools, wildlife watchtowers and access for disabled persons to areas of great natural beauty and interest. With knowledge comes understanding of the importance of protection.
By facilitating research in the field as well as in research centres around the world, the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foun-dation contributes to a greater understanding of nature and to the rehabilitation and protection of natural habitats and the lives of the world’s many endangered species. All projects initiated or joined are carefully selected for this purpose.
One such project is the funding of facilities for The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk. To ensure optimum access for the scientific community to all relevant information gathered around the world, the Foundation also sponsored the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) headquarters in Copenhagen. And to provide a window to all this knowledge the Foundation supports a large number of printed publications. Among these are The Birds of CITES (1993), The Prespa Project (1999), World Catalogue of Insects (2005), and Kruger National Park History (2007) plus numerous educational books on Greenland.
By facilitating research in the field as well as in research centres around the world, the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foun-dation contributes to a greater understanding of nature and to the rehabilitation and protection of natural habitats and the lives of the world’s many endangered species. All projects initiated or joined are carefully selected for this purpose.
One such project is the funding of facilities for The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk. To ensure optimum access for the scientific community to all relevant information gathered around the world, the Foundation also sponsored the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) headquarters in Copenhagen. And to provide a window to all this knowledge the Foundation supports a large number of printed publications. Among these are The Birds of CITES (1993), The Prespa Project (1999), World Catalogue of Insects (2005), and Kruger National Park History (2007) plus numerous educational books on Greenland. 
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