EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.4
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
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Prohibitions
(1) Irrespective of the supplementary regulations outlined in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the
following activities are forbidden within the biosphere reservation:
1. The building of structural construction outside the already cultivated urban settlements or
the areas covered by legally authorized development plans.
Exempted from this provision are milking stalls, animal hunting livestock shelters, electric
fences usual to the loaction and constructions within households and yards, forest cultivation
fences, feeding units and hunting hides. The re-location of agricultural operations (farms) is
permissible with the approval of the biosphere reservation authorities.
2. Driving or parking motorized vehicles of any type, trailers, caravans, mobile homes or
carriages outside the paved paths, park or parking places or in courtyards. Exempted are
agricultural or forestry traffic as well as maintenance vehicles for loading and disposal plant.
3. All motor sport or model sport units.
4. Horse riding away from public roads and paths and the marked bridle paths or blacklines.
5. To navigate the waterways with vehicles of any nature; the only exemption is for
navigation of the Werbellinsee, Wolletzsee, Parsteinsee, Oberückersee, Fährsee, Lübbesee
(and to the previous extent on the Grimnitzsee) with non-motor propelled water vehicles.
Navigation of the Oder-Havel canal and the Finow canal with motor-propelled is also
forbidden. Navigation with motor-propelled vehicles on the Oberückersee is subject to
authorization; navigation of the Kölpinsee, Stiernsee, Lübelowsee, Düstersee Sabinensee
and the Großen Briesensee with non-motor propelled water vehicles is permitted.
6. Bathing outside the marked areas
7. Releasing non-indigenous animal species into the waters; and feeding fish.
8. Between 1 February and 31 July of every year, the performance of economical or
maintenance activities within 300 m of the breeding areas of eagles, cranes, black storks,
great falcons, and eagle owls, or within 150 m around the breeding areas of species
threatened with extinction without the express permission of the reservation authorities.
9. Intensive fish breeding activities except in artificial ponds.
10. The establishment of clearings (border or shelter woods as well as any cuttings of up to
0.3 ha do not count as clearings).
11. Primary forestation or reforestation with non-indigenous tree species, with the exception
of the training forest.
12. The construction of new forestry-related paths or the upgrade of existing forest paths.
13. The transport of timber with vehicles away from forest paths and timber-transport paths.
14. Changing the form of the ground
15. Land improvement measures (except for measures contained in the maintenance and
development plans)
16. Ploughing grassland
17. The construction of air sport facilities; starting or landing with air-craft
18. Clearing or damaging bank groves, cane or reed stocks, bushes, field hedges, hedge
banks, field wood, hedgerows, single trees, rows of trees, avenues or groups of trees outside
of the forest. Maintenance measures and unavoidable measures for maintaining the paths
and waterways are exempted from this provision.
19. all actions which could alter the character of the area or contradict the conservation
goals.
(2) in addition to the prohibitions of the paragraph 1, in the conservation zones I and II with
the exception of further provisions in paragraphs 3 and 4, it is forbidden:
1. To navigate these areas with motor-driven vehicles outside public the highways and paths
and to enter the area except when using the marked paths.
2. To use these areas for any leisure purpose, especially for camping, pitching tents, igniting
a fire or swimming.
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