EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.2
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
5. to apply fertilisers, plant pesticides, other chemicals as well as slurry, sewage
sludge or waste water,
6. to import, remove or damage plants of any kind and parts thereof,
7. to pursue wild animals, to disturb them wantonly, to feed them, to bring in devices
suitable for trapping animals, to trap or kill these animals, to search out, remove or
damage their breeding or living habitats,
8. to import plants and release animals,
9. to create clearances or to remove naturally occurring dead wood,
10. from 1 February to 31 July of each year, to carry out management and upkeep
work in an area of 300 m around the breeding areas of eagles, cranes, black
storks, giant falcons and owls and in an area of 150 m around the propagation and
reproduction areas of other species of animals threatened with extinction without
the permission of the National Parks Office.
11. to allow forestry maintenance measures to affect shrubbery areas, remaining tree
stocks, ground vegetation and small-scale structures (such as marshes, ponds),
12. to construct or alter any building structures, fences, advertising media, signs with
images or writing and pathway signs, even if no building permission is required for
this,
13. to drive motor vehicles of any type or caravans off the carriageways of the roads
and pathways designated for public traffic and the signposted parking and picnic
areas or to park such vehicles there, to ride or drive harnessed teams outside the
specifically designated pathways, and to cycle on marked walking paths and
outside the specifically designated paths and roads,
14. to use other mechanically powered vehicles,
15. to bivouac, to camp, to park camper vans or caravans and to light fires outside the
designated areas,
16. to walk on areas of the national park other than the roads, paths and designated
pathways,
17. to cause noise and to use sound and image transmission equipment, sound and
image reproduction equipment or radio equipment outside buildings or vehicles,
18. to pollute the land including the areas of water,
19. to run organised events of any type, except for events led by or with the approval of
the National Parks Office,
20. to fish or bathe anywhere except for the designated lakes and areas,
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