| Cluster coordination/ management: | University of Rostock |
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| Sub-project management: | Prof. Prof. h. c. Dr. Ursula Siebert |
| Scientific editing: | Dr. Helena Herr |
| Sponsorship: | Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)) |
Project description
For the European ecological network Natura 2000 Germany reported two bird sanctuaries and eight FFH-zones within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North and Baltic Sea to the European Commission. The zones cover an area of over 10 000 km² altogether. Germany is obliged to place these zones under protection by national legislation until 2013. On this account the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation currently prepare the regulations for the protection of these areas by the federal law on nature protection and develop maintenance and management plans for the individual zones.
The affiliated tasks were coordinated by Prof. Dr. Detlef Czybulka´s research group of the legal faculty of the University of Rostock in the context of a contract work for the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. This project with the title ``Development of maintenance and management plans for the implementation of the Flora-Fauna-Habitat Directive and the Conservation of Wild Birds Directive of the EU in the German Exclusive Economic Zone“ was carried out in close cooperation with the FTZ of the University of Kiel (PD Dr. Stefan Garthe), the ITAW of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (PD Dr. Ursula Siebert) and the research and planning agency BioConsult Bremen (Dr. Bastian Schuchardt).
The basis for the development of management plans is to issue scientific expert reports. For this purpose, amongst other things, the current population statuses and habitat types were analysed und evaluated, preservation goals defined and conflicts with existing anthropogenic activities described. On this basis conservation and recovery measures will be compiled in order to accomplish an effective protection of the sanctuaries and thereby to contribute to the European protection provisions concerning the implementation of the European biodiversity strategy.
