BUND

Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland,

Alliance for Environment and Nature Conservation

Friends of the Earth Germany
Antonia Wanner
Phone nr.: ++49-431-1220311

We do not have any new CCB projects in 2004, but have concluded right now CCB coast project (official project of 2003).

Our main activities in 2004 will be the following:

Baltic Sea related:

- big international governmental shipping security conference in Kiel in early May (CCB will participate with Valdur Lahtvee as invited speaker);

- probably more!

In the beginning of the year we have been devoted to following activities related to the Baltic Sea:

- finalizing CCB coast project;

- (December 2003): BUND statement and participation in public hearings on offshore Natura 2000 sites (in the Exclusive Economic Zone/EEZ of North and Baltic Sea). With the proposal of these sites, Germany takes the lead within the EU states in designating Natura 2000 areas in the EEZ;

- on regional level (the Federal States, also Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern): the third bunch of Natura 2000 sites is under discussion and in the public participation period (for pSPAs = Bird-areas just starting now in Schleswig-Holstein). BUND has prepared/is preparing statements etc. In general, strong fights are going on, e.g. farmers very much opposing designation of Natura 2000 sites;

- in the frame of activities of the national office on transport policy, a series of very bad projects is presented in a "Black book", and additional leaflets on the individual projects will soon be printed. One of the bad examples: the planned mega-bridge between the island Fehmarn and the Danish island Lolland across the Baltic Sea. It would negatively affect migrating birds, possibly the hydrology/water exchange of the Baltic Sea, and the adjacent land areas due to increased traffic. The traffic forecast is highly overestimated.
Another one from the Baltic Sea: a massive second bridge to the island Rügen, right between two SPAs (EU-Bird protection areas).


Related to marine issues:

- BUND has appealed against an approval for a huge offshore wind park in the North Sea, in a site discussed for Natura 2000 to protect inter alia harbour porpoise, and various bird species... The appeal is at present pending in court – it is still unclear if BUND has, in this case, the right to appeal or not.

- for BUND on national level: Federal Transport Infrastructure Project (and Investment) Plan is under discussion and intensively worked on by our national office (the last months already, still on-going)

- and much more...