State Nature Conservation Act
All German federal states each have their own state nature conservation law, which according to Art. 72 GG on the competing legislation is linked to the Federal Nature Conservation Act . Since its implementation in 2010, the Federal Nature Conservation Act in conjunction with the respective State Nature Conservation Act has therefore been the legal basis for official action and the state laws can no longer be used as the sole legal source. This gives rise to isolated uncertainties in which state and federal law contradict each other (e.g. grace period for pruning: from March 1st according to § 39 Paragraph 5 No. 2 BNatSchG, from March 15th according to § 27a LNatSchG Schleswig- Holstein).
The individual state nature conservation laws are quite similar to one another, but they have differences. On the one hand, this is due to different political priorities, and on the other hand, because certain types of natural areas only exist in certain federal states. Bavaria has no marshland , Schleswig-Holstein no high mountains . In North Rhine-Westphalia , dealing with so-called succession areas (e.g. old lignite opencast mines ) is a much more important issue than in Saxony , which is struggling with deforestation in the Ore Mountains .
Nature conservation laws of the federal states
- Baden-Württemberg: Nature Conservation Act (NatSchG)
- Bavaria: Bavarian Nature Conservation Act (BayNatSchG)
- Berlin: Berlin Nature Conservation Act (NatSchGBln)
- Brandenburg: Brandenburg Nature Conservation Implementation Act (BbgNatSchAG)
- Bremen: Bremen Nature Conservation Act (BremNatG)
- Hamburg: Hamburg law for the implementation of the Federal Nature Conservation Act (HmbBNatSchAG)
- Hessen: Hessian Implementation Act for the Federal Nature Conservation Act (HAGBNatSchG)
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Nature Conservation Implementation Act (NatSchAG MV)
- Lower Saxony: Lower Saxony Implementation Act for the Federal Nature Conservation Act (NAGBNatSchG)
- North Rhine-Westphalia: State Nature Conservation Act (LNatSchG NRW)
- Rhineland-Palatinate: State Nature Conservation Act (LNatSchG)
- Saarland: Saarland Nature Conservation Act (SNG)
- Saxony: Saxon Nature Conservation Act (SächsNatSchG)
- Saxony-Anhalt: Nature Conservation Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (NatSchG LSA)
- Schleswig-Holstein: State Nature Conservation Act (LNatSchG)
- Thuringia: Thuringian Nature Conservation Act (ThürNatG)
literature
- Petra Krings: New nature conservation law in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (PDF; 262 kB), in: Journal for Public Law in Northern Germany (NordÖR) 2010, 181.
- Alexander Petschulat: Nature conservation after the federalism reform : Requirements of the derogation legislation (PDF, 370 kB), Nature and Law (NuR) 2015, 241ff.
- Petschulat u. a .: Deviation legislation in nature conservation law , final report, May 2014.
