Natura 2000 stations in Thuringia

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The twelve Natura 2000 stations in Thuringia were 2016 and 2017 in Thuringia founded to the Natura 2000 to serve -type regions of the country. Over 212 fauna-flora-habitat areas (FFH areas), 35 FFH bat protection objects and 44 EU bird protection areas are to be looked after. These Natura 2000 areas cover around 270,000 hectares, which corresponds to around 17% of the land area. In these Natura 2000 areas and their buffer zones, it is a matter of implementing conservation and improvement measures.

tasks

The Natura 2000 stations are intended to contribute in particular to the maintenance and restoration of a favorable conservation status of the habitat types and Annex II and IV species of the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. The Natura 2000 stations were set up as regional, non-governmental nature conservation institutions and are to work closely with the administration, the affected land users and other local stakeholders. The Natura 2000 stations form an interface between official and voluntary nature conservation. The stations should initiate and implement protection projects, advise land users and other nature conservation actors and carry out initial maintenance measures in Natura 2000 areas and should do active press and public relations work as well as environmental education.

financing

The Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation supports the stations with a total of around 1.65 million euros per year. The network of Natura 2000 stations has been anchored in law in the Thuringian law for the reorganization of nature conservation law and is therefore an integral part of nature conservation in Thuringia.

The twelve Natura 2000 stations

The Natura 2000 stations operate in almost all of Thuringia. Clubs and associations active in the regions have been behind the stations for years.

  • Competence center Natura 2000 stations is based in Erfurt . The sponsors are the German Association for Landscape Management , BUND -Thuringia and NABU -Thuringia. The competence center Natura 2000 stations together with the Thuringian Ministry for Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation (TMUEN) is the coordination point for the network of Natura 2000 stations in Thuringia. The funding comes from the TMUEN and the German Federal Environment Foundation .
  • Natura-2000-Station Auen, Moore, Wetlands , based in Renthendorf , is active throughout Thuringia. The carrier of the station is the regional LEADER action group Saale-Holzland . In addition, 19 FFH areas and a bird sanctuary are looked after.
  • Natura-2000-Station Gotha / Ilm-Kreis , based in Mühlberg , operates in most of the Gotha district and in most of the Ilm-Kreis . The station is run by the Altenburg Natural Research Society . 24 FFH areas and seven bird protection areas are looked after.
  • Natura 2000 station Grabfeld , based in Römhild , operates in parts of the districts of Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Hildburghausen . The station is operated by the Thuringian Grabfeld Landscape Management Association . 17 FFH areas and four bird protection areas are looked after.
  • Natura 2000 Station Central Thuringia / High-cricket based in Vippachedelhausen has their field of activity in the city of Weimar , in the district of Sömmerda , county Weimar area , parts of Kyffhäuserkreis z and for special tasks. B. in bat protection throughout Thuringia. The Central Thuringia Landscape Management Association is responsible for the station . There are 18 FFH areas, five bird protection areas and all FFH areas in Thuringia that concern bat protection. Together with cooperation partners, he is responsible for bats, European hamsters and forests as well as projects related to Helmet-Azurjungfer and Red Kite throughout the state .
  • Natura-2000-Station Mittlere Saale , based in Nickelsdorf , operates in the urban area of Jena and in the Saale-Holzland district . The carrier of the station is the regional LEADER action group Saale-Holzland . 19 FFH areas and one bird sanctuary are looked after.
  • Natura-2000-Station Obere Saale , based in Mötzelbach , is active in the Saale-Orla district and most of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district . The station is run by the Altenburg Natural Research Society . 18 FFH areas and eight bird sanctuaries are looked after.
  • Natura-2000-Station Osterland , based in Grünberg , operates in the urban area of Gera and in the districts of Altenburger Land and Greiz . The station is run by the Altenburger Land landscape conservation association . 19 FFH areas and five bird protection areas are looked after.
  • Natura-2000-Station Rhön , based in Kaltensundheim , operates in parts of the districts of Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Wartburgkreis . The carrier of the station is the landscape conservation association BR Thuringian Rhön . 24 FFH areas and a bird sanctuary are looked after.
  • Natura-2000-Station Südharz / Kyffhäuser , based in Sundhausen , operates in a large part of the Kyffhäuserkreis and parts of the Nordhausen district . The station is run by the Südharz / Kyffhäuser Landscape Management Association . 23 FFH areas and 9 bird sanctuaries are looked after.
  • Natura-2000-Station Thuringian Forest , based in Gumpelstadt and Friedrichshöhe , operates in the urban area of Suhl , in the district of Sonneberg and in parts of the city of Eisenach and the districts of Gotha, Hildburghausen, Ilm district and Wartburg district. The Thuringian Forest Landscape Management Association is responsible for the station . 28 FFH areas and five bird protection areas are looked after.
  • Natura-2000 Station Possen , based in Possen , is active throughout Thuringia. The station is run by the Natura 2000-Station Possen association . All FFH areas and EU bird protection areas with forest habitats in Thuringia are cared for, and 1000 ha of wilderness forest areas and 500 ha of recreational forest am Possen are cared for.
  • The Natura 2000 station Unstrut-Hainich / Eichsfeld , based in Wolfsbehringen , is active in most of the Eichsfeld district , in the Unstrut-Hainich district and in the northern Wartburg district and parts of the city of Eisenach. Wildtierland Hainich gGmbH is responsible for the station . The area of ​​activity is characterized by dry and poor habitats on shell limestone and the moist and fertile valleys of the Werra and Unstrut . With the Hainich deciduous forest area, it also includes the largest FFH area in Thuringia with over 15,000 hectares. On the barren Muschelkalkplateus, valuable limestone and semi-arid grasslands were created through centuries of sheep and goat grazing. 27 FFH areas and four EU bird protection areas are in the scope of activity of the Natura 2000 station Unstrut-Hainich / Eichsfeld .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b January Welzholz, Sebastian König, Burkard bird: Natura 2000 stations in Thuringia. Landscape conservation and nature conservation in Thuringia 55 (1) 2018: 3–10.
  2. ↑ a b Natura 2000 stations in Thuringia. Competence center Natura 2000 stations, accessed on June 7, 2020 .