Protected Areas in Germany under Global Change - Risks and Policy Options
Funding
F & E Project of
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation;
FKZ 806 82 270 - K1
Period: 21.8.2006-20.8.2009Partners
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Cramer
Dr. Franz Badeck
Dr. Katrin Vohland
Anne Holsten
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Halle
Dr. Stefan Klotz
Dr. Ingolf Kühn
Jan Hanspach
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Prof. Dr. Katrin Boehning-Gaese
Irina Laube
University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde
Prof. Dr. Pierre Ibisch
Stefan Kreft
Summary
Climate change will modify protected areas in Germany substantially in the coming decades - independently of the uncertainty in regional patterns of climate change. This problem challenges the national nature protection strategy, including the adherence to international agreements.
In this project, risk assessment for a comprehensive and representative list of German protected areas will be performed applying newest methods of the statistic and process-based simulation of climate change effects. Thereby it will be assessed with which probability the respective protection purpose can be achieved in the near future. From the ecological risk assessment options for a more dynamic nature protection policy are to be derived. The primary goal of the study is it thus to examine for a comprehensive and representative list of protected areas to what extent the climate change enhances the risk with respect to the respective protection purposes. The second goal is, to formulate concrete steps towards necessary adaptations at least at national scales.
This of the Federal Office for nature protection (BfN) financed research project began in August 2006 and has a running time of three years. In a first step data in particular about the Natura-2000-areas are analyzed, and a list of representative protected areas will be selected for more detailed research. The project-accompanying working group (PAG) is of special importance, in which stakeholders of state and federal conservations agencies as well as NGOs are represented.
Close co-operation exist to the a parallel project dealing with climate change and changing distribution areas of the flora (Climate & Flora) as well as with ALARM (Assessing Large Scale Risks for to Biodiversity with Tested Methods).
Publications
Klimawandel und Naturschutz. Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf Flora und Fauna, und auf Lebensgemeinschaften in Schutzgebieten. Poster auf der Potsdamer Klimakonferenz: Was können UNSESCO Biosphärenreservate für den Klimaschutz tun? (pdf)
Activities of the Federal States andNGOs
Bayern
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hessen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Niedersachsen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Sachsen
Sachsen-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thüringen
