EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 5.8
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Hainich
Since 2007 Brokering of information about the project as part of all such public events of
the national park the purpose of which is to communicate the focal points and objectives,
e.g. annual meetings held by the support organisation, the communal work groups, and the
tourism association
January 2008 The project is explicitly mentioned and presented within the scope of the PR
activities within the context of "10 years Hainich National Park" (resulting in TV, radio, newspaper
and magazines coverage)
19 March 2008 The project is presented to the national park guides in the Hainich region
16 April 2008 The project is announced by Prime Minister Althaus within the scope of the
"10 Years Hainich National Park" festival
27 May 2008 Information event at the World Heritage site Wartburg with Minister for the
Environment Dr. Sklenar
28 September 2008 Lecture “World Natural Heritage Beech Forests – Germany’s global
responsibility for the entirety of beech forests” in Bad Hersfeld
19 November 2008 Parliamentary Evening in Berlin
12-14 June 2009 International conference “World Natural Heritage: Beech Forests” in Bad
Langensalza
16 September 2009 Lecture “World Natural Heritage: Beech Forests” in the museum of
natural history in the state capital Erfurt
17-20 September 2009 Officials of the national park administration visit the World Heritage
site “Beech Forests of the Carpathians” in Slovakia
02 November 2009 The project is presented to the national park’s board of trustees
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