Nature conservation areas in Germany (PDF)

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 1,0, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegytem, language: English, abstract: Biodiversity loss is one of many problems of global climate change. The extinction rates are getting close to the last mass extinction numbers. Many species are already endangered or in immediate danger of extinction. To prevent more species from that fate conservation areas with limited or close to no human influence are necessary. It is important to conserve habitats and biotopes for animals and plants even before they are endangered.

Germany is a quite densely populated country and most of the land surface is used for agricultural purpose. Daily an area of 100 hectares is repurposed for the building of new settlements and means of communication. To stop this trend nature conservation and preservation of landscapes needs to be independent from economic growth (VDN 2009). Politics need to intervene in this conflict of land use in favour of flora and fauna of the country. Nature conservation areas are helpful to secure habitats and prevent repurposing or destruction of important living environments.

In this paper the distinct types of conservation areas are presented shortly and in a second step, efforts for acceptance and cooperation are depicted.