EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 5.8
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
06 March 2009 The national park advisory board is briefed on the “World Natural Heritage:
Beech Forests” exhibition in the Bad Wildungen Lobby; guided tour for board members
following the meeting
29 October 2009 Course of lectures organised by the national park: lecture & forum: World
Natural Heritage Beech Forests – Müritz National Park
09 August 2009 The nomination project is presented within the scope of the Heideblütenfest
in Altenlotheim
04 - 05 November 2009 The exhibition displays are presented within the scope of the 2009
conference on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Darmstadt-Kranichstein (organised by
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e.V. / Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V.) by the Hessian
Ministry for the Environment
20 November 2009 Ceremonial presentation of the World Heritage nomination at the end-ofyear
event “Wildbuffet” hosted by the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park support organisation
in front of more than 130 guests and associates
25 November 2009 The state nature conservation advisory board is informed of the planned
nomination (current status) by the Hessian Ministry for the Environment; presentation of the
exhibition displays
22 December 2009 Hessian Minister mails the brochure "Buchenwälder in Deutschland -
Nominierung zum UNESCO Weltnaturerbe" to regional stakeholders, nature conservation
NGOs and the state nature conservation advisory board
Transnational activities
01. February 2007 Press release issued by the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the
State Ministries to accompany the official submission of the proposal to UNESCO in Paris,
announcing that five German beech forests are to be nominated for World Natural Heritage
status.
06 March 2008 Press release to accompany the start of the PR campaign within the scope
of the nomination project (joint effort by all states), activation of a website, publication of a
leaflet about the planned World Natural Heritage: Beech Forest.
19-30 May 2008 On the occasion of the 9 th Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP 9),
over 5,000 international deputies are presented the “World Natural Heritage: Beech Forests”
exhibition in the foyer of the Federal Ministry for the Environment in Bonn.
23. April - 11 October 2009 "World Natural Heritage: Beech Forests" exhibition at the
National Gardening Exhibition in Schwerin with ca. 1,86 million visitors from Germany and
abroad
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