EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.5
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
§5
Instructions
The National Park Administration and all national and local authorities and public offices who
plan or make decisions regarding the National Park area or who administer, manage or care
for sites must in particular ensure that
1. in Protected Zone 1, undisturbed natural development is ensured, all direct human effects
are avoided and indirect human influence is reduced as far as possible,
2. in Protected Zone 2, the diversity of flora and fauna typical of the biotope is maintained or
restored on the basis of the Care and Development Plan as described in § 7 and that the
type of use is based on the requirements of the animal and plant species to be encouraged
in the region,
3. the natural forests in the National Park, if they are not left to develop naturally, are
maintained through corresponding management measures and the other forestry areas are
developed, through secondary forest creation measures, into becoming natural forest areas,
4. all traffic is kept away, except in the areas intended for it, using suitable measures for
diverting traffic and visitors to allow the undisturbed development of fauna and flora; this also
applies for the deployment of aircraft on the ground or close to the ground.
§6
Information and Educational Work, Scientific Observation and Research
(1) The National Park Administration shall carry out information and education work, the aim
of which, in particular, is to support the protection aim of the National Park, to create
amongst the population an understanding of the undisturbed course of natural processes and
of the National Park system and to make a contribution to maintaining the environment in
general.
(2) After consulting the Board of Trustees, the National Park Administration shall develop a
concept for its own and external research projects. External scientific observation and
research in the National Park shall require the approval of the National Park Administration.
(3) The results of scientific observation and research according to Paragraph 2 Sentence 2
shall be made available to the National Park Administration as agreed in more detail, unless
these results are published.
(4) A separate commercial company shall be made responsible for National Park marketing.
This may be an entity in public or private law.
§7
Care and Development Plan, Regional Planning
(1) To implement the protection, care and development measures set out in this Law and to
carry out the instructions as described in § 5 and meet the protection aim as described in § 3,
the National Park Administration shall prepare a Care and Development Plan for the first time
within two years of the start of validity of the Law. The Care and Development Plan shall,
whilst complying with the requirements of regional planning and country planning, embody
the aims and measures for the development of the protection zones and the National Park as
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