EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.3.1
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
limited cases, initiate expropriation process offset by corresponding government
compensation, or purchasing of land within the framework of the LIFE scheme;
Activity III.1.4**: Conduct meetings with regional and local leaders and other stakeholders
to announce the designation of the buffer zoning, connecting corridors and
stepping stone systems; explain in detail their objectives, implications and implementation
of the system; obtain feedback from the participants;
Activity III.1.5**: Implement proposed ecological corridors into binding regional development
plans, and to implement their management modes into forest management
plans;
Activity III.1.6 **: Implement the long-term monitoring program; to channel findings
back to the serial property database to evaluate the effectiveness of the zoning system.
Output III.2: Extensive monitoring and mapping of social and economic factors
on the terrestrial environment and natural resources
Activity III.2.1**: Inventory and verify land-ownership and user rights, especially
those constituting permanent ownership and grazing and cuttings rights. Channel
the gathered information into the database of the serial property;
Activity III.2.2**: Document the traditional practices (e.g. forestry, agriculture, etc.)
pertaining to sustainable use of natural resources;
Activity III.2.3**: Produce the guidelines for traditional land and water resources use
and biodiversity conservation. This document will subsequently be used for promoting
awareness at the local level, and also provide guidelines for the governments,
planning and research institutions.
Output III.3: Income generating activities from traditional products and activities
Activity III.3.1: Develop legal measures and contractual framework to safeguard the
serial property rights of the local inhabitants and to ensure that any economic benefits
derived from the sustainable use of resources, including recreation will benefit
them;
Activity III.3.2: Provide vocational (technical and financial) training for the development
and management of the above income generating activities, incorporating environmental
awareness programs which explain the serial property conservation
objectives behind these income generating activities.
Output III.4: Supportive development activities launched in order to assist sustainable
development and enhance public support
Activity III.4.1**: Collaborate with development agencies to develop joint nature
conservation and development activities;
Activity III.4.2**: Implement alternatives to intensive forestry and agriculture technologies
which are environmental friendly within the connecting corridors.
Output III.5: Monitoring and documentation of ecological and socio-economic
changes.
Activity III.5.1***: Carry out ecological and socio-economic surveys in the serial
property and adjacent areas; introduce environmental extension offices (where appropriate)
9 with the techniques of monitoring and recording changes in the parameters,
and to report findings on regular basis;
Activity III.5.2***: Insert as much data as possible from the above mentioned surveys
in the databases / Information Management System; integrate and analyze
the data as appropriate; document the process of change and disseminate suc-
9 This refers to the Ukrainian and Slovakian national monitoring programme
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