In the agricultural regions in Germany have endangered animals as particularly difficult. This is from the “report on the situation of nature”, the Federal environment Minister, Svenja Schulze (SPD) and the President of the Federal Agency for nature conservation Beate Nessel, in Berlin on Tuesday presented (click here for the report). After that, it is not the nature of the whole of Germany well enough. In the forests, but sometimes also in villages and cities experts, there seems to be a success for nature conservation.

Well, it is, therefore, about the grey seal in the North sea and the ibex in the Alps. Particularly great are the problems for example in butterflies, beetles and dragonflies, but also in birds. About a third of the breeding bird species have declined in the past twelve years, in your position, wherein, in particular, species of the country landscape are economically affected used Open, the report says.

63 percent of the animals and plants, as well as 69 percent of the habitat types, the Habitat in the EU according to the so-called habitats Directive (Fauna-Flora-Directive) are protected, are in an inadequate or bad conservation status. This is especially true for grasslands, lakes, wetlands, seas and coasts. The habitats Directive protects animals, plants and habitats. For birds, there is a separate policy. As the main reasons for the situation, the authors of the study, fertilizer and pesticides, intensive use of the land, drainage, changes in water, but partly also Sport, tourism and recreational activities call.