EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.4
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
- for the conservation of the natural habitats of endangered animal and plant species in a
functional mesotrophic moor complex.
44. NCA No. 31 “Tongruben Neuenhagen”
For the conservation of the natural habitats of endangered animal and plant species,
especially the communities in the former clay pits.
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Mandatory regulations
(1) For the purposes of maintaining and re-establishing a fully-functioning natural balance,
the following regulations apply:
1. Immediate drafting of maintenance and development plans for the conservation,
maintenance and development of the biosphere reservation according to the provisions of
the ordinance.
2. Above and beyond the maintenance and development plans, the original water balance is
to be restored.
3. A series of steps are to be taken in order to develop the landscape as an ecological
cultivation site.
4. The agriculturally-utilized hydromorphic mineral soil layer is to be returned to green land.
5. The arable land on lake banks are to be transformed into extensively cultivated grassland
of a breath of at least 100m.
6. For the conservation of the reed stocks, water traffic and anglers must maintain a
minimum distance of 20 m from the reeds.
7. The historic paved roads and the accompanying paths are to be retained and maintained.
8. Regulation of the animal population is to be conducted in accordance with the goals
established for the biosphere reservation in the conservation zones I and II following the
stipulations of the reservation authorities and in conservation zone III in co-operation with the
reservation authorities.
9. Hunting facilities are to be reduced to the necessary minimum and adapted to the
landscape. The details are to be regulated by the management and development plans.
10. Angling in the conservation zone II is to orient itself around the conservation goals and is
to be regulated in agreement with the biosphere reservation authorities.
11. Individual (mature) trees are to be left free to facilitate survival.
12. Aesthetically striking, unique or unusually-formed trees are to be retained.
13. Use of the areas for agriculture and forestry must occur in accordance with the
conservation and maintenance plans. .Forest management is to be performed in accordance
with the conservation and maintenance plans.
(2) The natural performance of the ecosystem is to be restored on the devastated agricultural
and forestry-utilized areas on the Britz plane and the western Schorfheide. The suitability of
the programme is to be monitored by appropriate scientific advisers.
(3) A usage concept for the waterways is to be drawn up regulating all water traffic, not just
commercial shipping.
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