EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.3.2
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Measure 4: Annual report
Preparation of an annual report including evaluation of the implementation of the
Coordinated Management and the Integrated Management System (IMS) as well as
the resulting management updates (if any) at the national or trilateral level.
The report is available as PDF file for public download on the homepage
www.weltnaturerbe-buchenwaelder.de
Objective VIII: Visitor routing “Experiencing Nature -
Preserving Nature"
Subterritories of the nominated component parts will be made accessible to visitors in order
to communicate the aims of the World Heritage Convention and to present the potential
World Heritage site. This will allow them to experience the World Heritage beech forests.
Concepts of visitor routing will be in place to guarantee the protection and preservation of the
site’s OUV and integrity. Visitor routing in the component parts is geared to the particular requirements
and necessities of protection, which are governed by the respective protected
area ordinances.
Measure 1: Road and path concept
Road/path layout in the component parts is to be organised so that visitors can
experience the site without putting its OUV or integrity at risk.
Based on the respective protected area provisions, all component parts already have
an ecologically sound road/path and development concept in place that allows visitors
to experience nature and, at the same time, ensures protection of the OUV. The
concepts are to be adjusted according to the aims of the World Heritage site.
In the road and path concept, distinction is made between:
advertised paths (officially indicated on panels and hiking maps)
signposted paths (only marked within the component part)
temporarily closed paths
paths for national park-internal work only (service routes)
Measure 2: Prohibitions to enter / quiet zones
Partial prohibitions to enter (which may be temporary) can be enforced in order to
provide very sensitive areas with sufficient protection.
Measure 3: Individual measure road and path concept: Revision of the road
and path concept of the Jasmund component part
The road and path concept will be revised to thin out the path network in the World
Heritage area. The measure aims at increasing the portion of near-natural zones and
improving the naturalness of wildlife living conditions (level of near-naturalness /
naturalness).
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