National natural heritage

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Areas in Germany that have been protected as permanent nature conservation areas since 2000 are designated as national natural heritage . This is done by transferring land and water areas from the property of the Federal Republic of Germany to the sponsorship of the federal states , the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) or nature conservation associations . The areas - as of 2015 a total of 156,000  hectares have a high nature conservation value , as they accommodate numerous rare animal and plant species, are spacious and are viewed as a biotope network . By transferring them to non-profit nature conservation organizations, the protection goals are strengthened in the respective areas. The areas of the national natural heritage are part of the national strategy for biological diversity adopted by the federal government in 2007 . The development of wilderness areas is sought in places.

Natural heritage Wahner Heide near Cologne

term

The term national natural heritage was officially introduced in 1998 in the coalition agreement between the Social Democratic Party of Germany and BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN and further developed in 2005 in the coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD for a bundle of measures to protect nature in Germany. This included B. In addition to a national nature conservation strategy or the limitation of land use, the transfer of federal land to the federal states, foundations or nature conservation associations. The concept of natural heritage is based on the assumption that Germany assumes national responsibility for the animals, plants and habitats living on its territory in order to preserve them for the global community.

Development and goals

There are four creative phases for the National Natural Heritage:

Natural heritage Altwarper inland dunes on the Szczecin Lagoon

The transfer of the areas is free of charge and is usually tied to nature conservation management requirements. The legal basis for the transfer of BVVG areas is the Equalization Services Act (Section 3 (12) ff). In so-called Magdeburg lists , the usability and claims of previous owners are first checked. The BImA areas are transferred based on an authorization in the budget under the conditions provided there.

A complete cessation of use is planned in the forest areas.

The non-profit DBU Naturerbe GmbH , a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), will secure 33 large-scale properties - around 46,000 hectares in nine federal states - for nature conservation in the long term. These DBU natural heritage areas, which are mostly former military training areas, will gradually be handed over to DBU Naturerbe GmbH over the next few years. This was stipulated in a framework agreement between the federal government and the German Federal Environment Foundation on May 13, 2008.

DBU Naturerbe GmbH has been responsible for nature conservation measures on site since April 2009 and carries them out in cooperation with the employees of the Federal Forests division of the Federal Agency for Real Estate . In addition, work is carried out by volunteer work in the mountain forest project. The main goals of DBU Naturerbe GmbH are to promote and maintain the domestic wealth of animal and plant species in different habitats. In addition, she would like to promote sustainable nature awareness among the population.

Carriers and examples

Federal Environment Foundation

The Federal Environment Foundation has numerous projects in the implementation phase across Germany .

Natural heritage Pöllwitzer Wald in Thuringia , also managed by the DBU

Other carriers

  • Transfer of 330 hectares of Rantum dunes to the Sylt Landscape Association
  • German Wildlife Foundation : In January 2012, the takeover of around 1,200 hectares will be completed, which the German Wildlife Foundation will take over from the BVVG as part of the national natural heritage. The transmission objects are between 26 and 400 hectares in size and are located at eight locations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
  • NABU Foundation National Natural Heritage : Between 2003 and 2017, the NABU Foundation took over a total of 11,010 hectares of natural heritage areas from the federal government, e.g. B. the 660 hectare Gülper See in Havelland or 860 hectares in the Peene Valley in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Others

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , more than 10,000 hectares of BVVG nature conservation areas have been transferred to authorized recipients since the land transfers began in 2002. They are subdivided into around 6,400 hectares in the state of MV, around 900 hectares in the Landesstiftung Umwelt und Natur MV and around 3,100 hectares in other nature conservation agencies , such as the nature conservation association in the area of Griever Holz and Lieper Burg . The transfer of a further 9,000 hectares of BVVG land is still to be implemented within the 2010s.

politics

In addition to other contributions, the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) asked for the 2013 federal election that the federal program for biological diversity should be financially strengthened as part of the national strategy for biological diversity and increased to a volume of 100 million euros by 2016. One of the key requirements for achieving this goal is to secure a further at least 30,000 hectares in federal ownership permanently as national natural heritage.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Natural Heritage: New Wilderness for Germany . Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), joint press release with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), No. 145/15, Berlin, June 18, 2015.–
  2. ↑ National Strategy for Biodiversity (2007) (PDF; 4.8 MB) see page 22, on cbd.int
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Ewert: More courage to go wild. Not using it is not a luxury, but a cultural task . In: New Germany . November 30, 2009 ( online [accessed August 17, 2020]).
  4. Jump up and renewal - Germany's path into the 21st century ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), coalition agreement between the Social Democratic Party of Germany and ALLIANCE 90 / THE GREENS, October 20, 1998.
  5. ^ A b Together for Germany - with courage and humanity , coalition agreement between CDU, CSU and SPD, November 11, 2005.
  6. ↑ 1. Partial success in securing the "silverware of German unity"
  7. ↑ "Together for Germany - With courage and humanity". Coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD dated November 11, 2005. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 . (PDF; 634 kB; line 2784 ff
  8. ↑ July 2008_11.39.50 / BrickweddeNaturerbe_komprimiert.pdf Naturerbe compressed. Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt - from idea to action (slide 5)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.stiftungen.org
  9. ^ "Growth. Education . Cohesion ." - Coalition agreement between CDU, CSU and FDP 2009. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 . (PDF; 590 kB). See line 1141 ff, on kas.de.
  10. ↑ Environmental associations welcome a compromise to secure additional nature reserves for the national natural heritage. Press release of the German Nature Conservation Ring from December 15, 2011
  11. ↑ New areas of the national natural heritage - 3rd tranche ( memento from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), online publication of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety from June 18, 2015, accessed on June 29, 2015
  12. ↑ Torsten Harmsen : Germany is getting wilder. More than sixty areas are newly declared natural heritage - an opportunity for wildcats , eagles and meadow pipits . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 19, 2015, p. 1.
  13. ↑ Law on state compensation payments for expropriations on the basis of occupation law or occupation sovereignty, which can no longer be reversed (Compensation Services Act - AusglLeistG) of September 27, 1994, on gesetze-im-internet.de
  14. ↑ Small inquiry: Transfer of land to an environmental foundation in the Uecker-Randow district (page 4) (PDF)
  15. ↑ Budget note 60.1 to Tit. 121, chap. 6004, http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/bundeshaushalt2011/pdf/epl60.pdf  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesfinanzministerium.de  
  16. ↑ 46,380 hectares of valuable nature secured for the future by DBU. Retrieved August 17, 2020 . (Press release of May 13, 2008), on dbu.de.
  17. ↑ DBU Natural Heritage
  18. ↑ Natural heritage compressed. Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt - from idea to action (map on slide 4, examples from slide 13)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.stiftungen.org
  19. ↑ DBU takes over German inheritance: First nature conservation area Prora handed over. Retrieved August 17, 2020 . , on dbu.de
  20. ^ DBU natural heritage Prora. Retrieved August 17, 2020 . Leaflet (PDF; 5.34 MB), on dbu.de.
  21. ↑ Nature conservation through land purchase , NABU Foundation National Natural Heritage, accessed on August 17, 2017.
  22. ↑ Energy transition , biodiversity and Co. - NABU core demands for the federal election 2013 , on nabu.de
  23. ↑ Current demand of the environmental associations for the 2013 federal election to further safeguard the national natural heritage