Farmers still have the opportunity to inform the district office of their wishes for the inclusion of areas in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Riegsee's mayor Jörg Steinleitner appeals to all concerned to use the offer.
The deadline has actually expired, but there is still time when it comes to areas for the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Obviously, inconsistencies have arisen in the designation of specific areas in Riegsee.
A specialist and an organic farmer point out the advantages that result from the World Heritage status.
Riegsee
- The deadline has expired, but there is still time.
“It's a soft process,” says Peter Strohwasser, head of the nature conservation department at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district office, addressing the district's citizens.
“Anyone can get in touch with us.” We are talking about the designation of agricultural land in the region as a UNESCO World Heritage Site - a topic that is currently affecting many farmers.
Talks have been underway since 20111 about a possible application by the district with its cultural landscape for inclusion in this program.
A study saw good chances for such an application.
Reason: the "extraordinary quality of the landscape", as it says in it.
The district council will probably deal with the topic in May.
Inconsistencies in certain areas
Farmers in the Riegsee community also have land with this status - north of Froschhauser See, for example, or around the district of Hagen.
The problem there: a lot of farmers have a positive view of the project, but there are obviously inconsistencies in the designation of specific areas.
In any case, mail recently landed on Mayor Jörg Steinleitner's desk in the town hall.
"Farmers informed me that they had the impression that private areas, which they had expressly removed from the world cultural heritage, were now included in the maps again," said the town hall chief at the municipal council meeting.
That is why he appeals to all those affected: to take a closer look at the culture maps listed on the District Office's website.
"In the event of a deviation from your own, originally presented ideas, you can contact the nature conservation authority directly." A suggestion that Strohwasser gratefully takes up: "It is possible to make corrections." -Status various benefits.
For example, existing funding opportunities and special regulations for small-scale agriculture could be better secured, according to a press release.
In addition, the position of agriculture in society as a whole will be strengthened.
Organic farmer enthusiastic
One person from Riegsee who definitely wants to take part is Georg Mayr.
The organic farmer, who sits on the municipal council for the Riegsee voter community, owns around 15 hectares of land in the Riegsee region that are eligible for such a designation.
The thought of a possible inclusion in the program makes his heart beat faster: “This is a unique opportunity,” he enthuses.
Especially in ecological terms, there are only advantages.
“The special protection increases biodiversity and the cultural landscape is enormously upgraded.
Just think of the unique humpback meadows in Mittenwald. ”He does not see that farmers would have to fear that they would no longer be able to cultivate these areas themselves, as quite a few voices suggest: These areas are anyway areas that are not would be used intensively.
The applicants would not have to accept any economic damage.
Objections of the Murnau CSU parliamentary group
An assessment that not everyone shares - the Murnau CSU parliamentary group recently warned in a motion of the consequences for a possible granting of UNESCO status.
“This is a big turning point,” said parliamentary group spokesman Rudolf Utzschneider.
The municipal council itself had previously made it a requirement to inform and involve municipalities and farmers “in the event of significant changes”.
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