EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 5.5
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
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For example, the year 2008 saw EUR 3.693 million being spent on human and material resources for
the entire Kellerwald-Edersee National Park. According to the state budgetary plan, a total for human
and material resources for the entire national park of EUR 3.76 million have been earmarked in the
planning for 2009 and EUR 3.7358 million for 2010. With the nominated area being part of the national
park, its management (human and material resources) is per se covered by national park budget.
There are no additional expenditures.
Moreover, as was the case in the previous year, a total of EUR 119,000 has already been appropriated
in the annual state budget (Chapter 09 22, Product No. 9, “Support of measures of nature and
landscape preservation”) for the projected UNESCO Natural World Heritage Beech Forests (collective
state nomination, trilateral collaboration, public relations) and the existing UNESCO World Heritage
“Middle Rhine Valley”. The plan is to secure the continuation of these activities on the premise of
moneys being appropriated by the budgetary legislator. It is the intention of Hesse to contribute its
share, on the aforementioned premise, also within the scope of the trilateral collaboration. No additional
expenditures beyond the budget resources computed for the UNESCO World Heritage in previous
years should be anticipated; on the contrary, it is assumed that expenditures will drop on completion
of the nomination process.
Nomination costs will be borne by the participating federal states, resulting in considerable costsavings.
Furthermore, the Federal Government will give financial assistance in the nomination process
(Assigning of tasks public relations campaign, assigning of tasks Chapter 5 incl. management plan
Germany and trilateral, and Chapter 6, Funding of two trilateral meetings, principal sponsor of the
Natural World Heritage Beech Forests exhibition.
The entire nomination process is accompanied by a public relations campaign in cooperation with the
federal states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, and Thuringia. The aim is to have the
population participating in this singular process of nomination.
A great deal has already been accomplished within the scope of said campaign (leaflet, website,
Power Point presentation, "World Natural Heritage Beech Forests" exhibition, brochure, roll-up exhibition).
The UNESCO has established a specific set of provisions regarding the nomination procedure (see
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention).
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