EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.2
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
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Protection Aim
(1) The aim of the national park is to protect the extensive, typically Mecklenburg
landscape of forests and lakes in the North German lowlands to the east of Lake Müritz.
The general protection aim is to ensure that nature develops freely, unaffected by human
influence. Specific protection aims are:
- to permit the undisturbed development of the forest in the largest part of the region,
- to maintain the wet biotopes,
- to restore a natural water balance to regenerate the numerous fenland areas,
- to main the diversity of the various flora and fauna,
- to maintain the bird populations and various plant species on extensively farmed
meadows,
- to facilitate undisturbed succession, over large areas, on the present military
exercise areas.
(2) No commercial use is intended in the national park; however, its aim is to serve to
improve the structure of the region.
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Protected Zones
(1) The area of the national park is divided into Protected Zones I, II and III.
(2) Protected Zone I (core zone) is divided into Parts I a and I b. Protected Zone I b covers
the areas of Protected Zone I which are currently still used by the Soviet Army for military
exercises. The areas in Protected Zone I are described as follows:
1. Fittensee including sub-dept. b, c and part-areas d 4 to d 6 of dept. 540 of the Klockow
forest district, bordered by the agriculturally used area of the Waren APC (P), sub-region
number 222 231 and 221 223 and the Ankershagen APC (P) sub-region number 422.
2. Moorsee including marshland areas of sub-dept. 42 b and 43 d; bordered by the
agriculturally used area of the Waren APC (P), sub-region number 701 501 to 701 503 and
702 511 to 702 513.
3. Rederangsee and Großes Bruch bordered by the agriculturally used area of the
Waren APC (P), sub-region number 703 524, 704 532, 722 911, 722 912, 802 611 to 802
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