There are strong indications that Baden-Württemberg in the coming years, a second, will get recognized by the UNESCO biosphere reserve. Currently, Baden-Württemberg just such a sanctuary, biosphere reserve Swabian Alb. The second area biosphere might now arise in the Black Forest.
the Black Forest will end in 2010, the Life Project Upper Hotzenwald. In 2012, the major nature conservation project of the Federal Feldberg, Belchen Oberwiesental will be terminated. The region has faced for some time the question of how it can go in terms of conservation and sustainability after the expiry of such projects. The establishment of an organization recognized by the UNESCO biosphere area could be an answer.
Currently, the communities concerned within the proposed Biosphere area with the subject. In October / November this year, the topic has been treated for example by the municipal councils of Schönau, Bernau, Aitern, Todd Moss, Menzenschwand, St. Blaise, Feldberg, Todtnau and roof mountain. Most of the affected communities, the establishment of a biosphere area Südschwarzwald already approved.
meet a need recognized by the UNESCO biosphere reserve certain conditions. These conditions concern regarding the size of the area (30000-150000 acres), a zoning in the core, care and development zone, the minimum size of the core zone of 3 percent of the total area, as well as a unique selling point. In the present case, a field size planned 60,000 hectares. At the core zones will be in part to draw on existing ban forests. In a field size of 60,000 hectares at least 1,800 hectares of core area are required. This is not fully cover the existing ban forests. One can only wonder what additional areas are proposed as core zone. The unique selling point may be the Öhmdwiesen. These are fields that are mowed only once a year.
The proposal for a future Black Forest biosphere reserve is also clear up a little in relation to the future concept for a UNESCO recognized protected areas (National Park, Biosphere Reserve) in Baden-Wuerttemberg. In the medium term in the Württemberg Bavaria Allgäu planned together with adjacent communities another biosphere reserve. Three biosphere areas in BW should then represent the final state in this protected area category.
The crucial question now is where the much-needed in BW's first national park will get there. After the Swabian Jura, the Black Forest and Lake Constance / Upper Swabia / Allgäu can come up with a biosphere reserve, clearly points to the Black Forest for a first National Park. This is the area in the early nineties of the last century been approved for the establishment of a National Park.
I would like to once again dare to predict that the National Park issue in BW in 2011, will be up to date. It also depends a little on the results of state elections in March 2011. The existing government of CDU / FDP has been expressed about the National Park negative. However, the Government has commissioned several expert reports which consider the establishment of a national park to be necessary and get the results in 2011 on the agenda. Faster things would move forward with a government of the Alliance 90/The Greens and the SPD. Because both parties have set up a first National Parks in BW is set at the top of their government's agenda.
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