wilderness
The protection of natural processes and the provision that nature should develop with no or only little interference by humans are still fairly new goals on the nature conservation agenda and continue to be a great challenge. One of the goals of the German government’s national strategy on biological diversity from 2007 is to transform 2% of Germany’s territory into wilderness areas by 2020. The land purchased by the Stiftung Naturlandschaften Brandenburg is an important contribution towards reaching this aim.
Between 2002 and 2011, the Foundation gradually purchased a total of 12,700 hectares of land on the former military training grounds of Jüterbog, Heidehof and Lieberose south of Berlin and Tangersdorf north of Berlin. All of the purchased areas are designated nature reserves, some of them being additionally assigned FFH or SPA status.
With the aim of supporting, experiencing as well as exploring wilderness (“Wildnis stiften, erleben und erforschen”) the Foundation has taken a holistic approach from the beginning, striving to promote wider knowledge of wilderness and to make its beauty and fascination accessible for the public.
Potsdam wilderness resolution (pdf-file)
German National Strategy on Biological Diversity
