EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

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Contents
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Nature Data 2008
9.2 Monitoring 202
9.2.1 Monitoring Under the Habitats Directive 202
9.2.2 Bird Monitoring 204
9.2.3 Monitoring the Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs) 207
9.3 Indicators 209
9.3.1 Indicators at EU Level 210
9.3.2 Core Indicator Set 213
9.3.3 Indicators Used in the National Biodiversity Strategy 213
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10 Landscape Planning and Impact Mitigation Under German Nature
Conservation Law 216
10.1 Landscape Planning 216
10.1.1 Landscape Planning at Regional Level 219
10.1.2 Landscape Planning at Local Level 219
10.2 Impact Mitigation Under German Nature Conservation Law 220
11 Nature Conservation and Regional Development 224
11.1 Agri-Environmental Programmes 224
11.2 Marketing Initiatives 228
12 German Federal Government Model Projects and Research Projects 231
12.1 Large-Scale Nature Conservation Projects and the Riparian Zones Programme 231
12.2 Testing and Development Projects 234
12.3 Research and Development Projects 242
13 Nature Conservation and the EU LIFE/LIFE+ Programme 243
14 Nature Conservation and Society 246
14.1 Nature Education Institutions 246
14.1.1 National Working Group of Governmental Educational Facilities for the
Conservation of Nature and the Environment (BANU) 246
14.1.2 Working Group on Nature and Environmental Education (ANU) 247
14.1.3 National Parks, Biosphere Reserves and Nature Parks 249
14.1.4 Zoos, Botanical Gardens, Wildlife Parks, Game Parks and Open-Air Museums 249
14.1.5 Rural School Hostels and Youth Hostels 251
14.2 Vocational Training and Further Education and Training in Nature Conservation 252
14.2.1 Academic Training in Nature Conservation and Landscape Management 252
14.2.2 Work-Related Training and Education 253
14.3 Non-Governmental Nature Conservation Organisations in Germany 254
14.4 Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation 255
14.4.1 Civilian Service in Nature Conservation 256
14.4.2 Voluntary Year in Environment Protection (FÖJ) 257
14.5 Value Attached to Nature Conservation 257
14.5.1 Public Perceptions of Nature Conservation 258
14.5.2 Images of Nature in Germany 259
14.5.3 Willingness to Pay 260
14.6 Nature Conservation and Health 260
15 International Nature Conservation 262
15.1 International Agreements and Programmes 265
15.1.1 Convention on Biological Diversity 265
15.1.2 CITES 275
15.1.3 Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) 276
15.1.4 Ramsar Convention
15.1.5 Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the
279
Baltic Sea Area
15.1.6 OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the
279
North-East Atlantic 282
15.1.7 Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation
15.1.8 Antarctic Treaty System and German Act Implementing the Antarctic
284
Treaty Environmental Protection Protocol 285