EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.3.2
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
II. General goals of the Coordinated
Management
The Coordinated Management aims at sustainably protecting and preserving the nominated
component parts, preserving the outstanding universal value (OUV) and integrity as per criterion
(ix), paragraph 77 of the Operational Guidelines (2008), according to which the OUV is
defined as follows: The component parts constitute “outstanding examples representing
significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of
terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and
animals”.
The Coordinated Management guarantees that all values the inscription on the World Heritage
list is based on will be protected and preserved, and that the institutional foundation required
for this purpose is in place.
This includes
protecting and preserving the site.
securing the planning and funding for future generations based on administrative continuity.
identifying potential dangers.
identifying shortcomings and developing methods of resolution.
jointly looking for solutions in cases of external threats.
installing and fostering communication between the individual component parts.
promoting the site by means of international partnerships.
The management requirements of the German component parts are geared to those of the
existing Ukrainian-Slovakian Word Heritage sites. The German component parts and the superior
administrative bodies will create the appropriate administrative and technical prerequisites
to implement the Coordinated Management on hand. The guiding principles are outlined
in the following.
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