The Lower Saxon UNESCO- Biosphere Reserve Programme

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1 CWSS The Lower Saxon UNESCO- Biosphere Reserve Programme Engaging with inhabitants and stakeholders for a sustainable development , Waddenland - outstanding Peter Südbeck

2 The Wadden Sea region - A natural system of outstanding universal value..

3 Wadden Sea outstanding in relation to ongoing geological processes

4 Wadden Sea unique in relation to ongoing biological processes

5 Wadden Sea Hot spot of biodiversity in global perspective

6 Wadden Sea protection and conservation: Nationalpark since 1986 UNESCO-World Heritage NL-D-DK Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer

7 meets sustainable development

8 Inland Wadden Sea region created by man and used: marshes

9 Homeland and destination

10 Historical buildings and settlements

11 Cultural landscape behind the dike extraordinary in worldwide perspective as well No acknowledgement!

12 Principle of Sustainability Ökonomie Nachhaltigkeitsdreieck Ökologie Soziales und Kultur Think things together Buffering the Heritage Bridge the dike (nature, mental) Use the advantages jointly Secure homeland Some questions: Nature Conservation - ecology Demographic change - social Customer satisfaction - social Economic welfare economy Acknowledgement of cultural values

13 Acknowledgement and conservation of Wadden Sea Region comprehensively achieved UNESCO-World Heritage NL-D-DK Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer UNESCO Biosphere reserve Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer

14 What is a UNESCO-biosphere reserve? Award for a region in the frame of UNESCO Man and Biosphere program For special natural and cultural landscapes with potential for a model region for sustainable development Three functions: Conservation Sustainable regional development Education and research

15 669 Biosphere reserves in the world, 120 states participate in the program 16 UNESCO-Biosphere reserves in Germany, 3 wadden sea sites, one in the Netherlands UNESCO-program Man and Biosphere today: Building a world wide network of representative sites as model regions for sustainable development what else are we than a model area?

16 Zoning of biosphere reserves Core zone Buffer zone Transition zone here we are

17 Invitation to municipalities in the Wadden Sea Region of Lower Saxony - to participate in a process, as we have not had before in Lower Saxony - To participate in a bottom-up process voluntarily to safeguard future and revaluation of the region To build an institutional bridge from the UNESCO World Heritage to Waddenland or (inland) region.

18 Area of a functional transition zone: Municipalities and counties adjacent to the national park

19 Step 1 Projects in the functional transition zone Education for Sustainable Development: Junior Ranger-programme Partnership initiative: development of partnership relations in the sectors tourism organisations, restaurants, accomodation and education (also support for the Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the UNESCO world nature heritage Wadden Sea Regional sustainable products: Designation of wadden sea products (agricultural products) Climate change adaptation projects

20 Landkreis Wesermarsch Storage instead of pumping Regional Fora With regional stakeholder in drainige management, coastal protection, agriculture, tourism, nature conservation Identification of problems Catalogue of mitigation measures

21 FUTURE OF NATURE CONSERVATION JUNIOR-RANGER-PROGRAMME

22 WADDEN SEA PARTNERSHIP NETWORK LANGEOOG LIVING SUSTAINABILITY

23 Migratory Bird Days : Stories from the Heart of the Heritage

24 Step 2 Partner municipalities Commitment to biosphere reserve and nationalpark on contract basis Realisation of common projects (nature tourism, environmental education, sustainable development) Participation in process towards a formal transition zone

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26 Example Cycling around the Jade Bay combining nature values, culture, arts and tourism Cooperation beyond borders of counties or municipalities, To explore the waddenland and to understand landscape - and to have a good offer!

27 Step 3 Process towards a formal transition zone Contacts and discussion with mayors and municipal councils Start of a process to develop a formal transition zone with interested municipalities Identification of common fields for futures activities Development of a participative governance structure

28 What shall happen in the transition zone? Towards a sustainable development, but there is no general roadmap On voluntary basis fields of action can and will be defined. This is not easy and means input and participation Lots of things are possible, nothing has to be done!

29 What shall happen in the transition zone?

30 Advantages for biosphere reserve municipalities? IMAGE Quality of Life Promotion of cultural identity Education for sustainable development Regional effects in economics, regional products Subsidies Exchange and cooperation, networking International cooperation: global network of biosphere reserves Additional support for urging problems: demography, diversification in agriculture

31 6. Dezember

32 Real partnership! Foto: Lauterbach

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34 Scepticism and refusal in agricultural sector!

35 Fields of action Criteria: interference, resources Growing catalogue

36 Coming together in new forms Setting new forms of participation Neighbourly help On local and landscape level

37 Let`s spring together Thank you very much! UNESCO-Biosphärenreservat Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer Ort, Tag. Monat 2012