EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

116 NOMINATION DOSSIER "ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Natural beech forest Grumsin
5. Protection and Management
of the Property
5.a Ownership
Permanent protection of the property is
ensured by the ownership structure of the
component parts. Four out of the fi ve
de signated component parts, which are also
situated within national parks, are almost
entirely publicly owned (tab. 5.1). Th e
owners are Länder and municipal ities. Th e
fi fth component part, being a total reserve
in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere
Reserve, is an exception in terms of ownership
structure. Th e domains are in private
ownership for the most part (81%), with
64% being owned by the non-profi t organisation
“Kulturlandschaft Uckermark e. V.”
(tab. 5.2). Established for the implementation
of the biosphere reserve, the society has
been supporting the goals of the World
Heritage nomination to the full extent and
has subscribed to the management requirements
of the German extension nomination.
Th e area of 375 ha was pur chased
by means of public funds the allocation of
which is associated with the pertinent
obligations, most notably the non-intervention
policy (see annex 5.2, Articles of
Association of the Kultur land schaft Uckermark
e. V.). Should the society “Kulturlandschaft
Uckermark e. V.” disband, the
domains shall automatically revert to the
state of Brandenburg.
Only a small portion of 3.3% of all component
parts is privately owned with a purpose
solely governed by private law. Th ese areas