No need for amendment
In view of the renewed on-site broadcast on the subject of “National Park” in Schwedt on November 13, 2003, the chairman of the board of the Association of Friends of the German-Polish European National Park Unteres Odertal e. V., Thomas Berg:
“There is currently no reason to amend the National Park Act from 1995. Although the extensive law is soft and indeterminate, it does at least provide the framework in which the development of the Lower Oder Valley should take place. The region thus has a clear future perspective, the only national park in Brandenburg for its development at least planning security “.
The National Park Act of 1995 is a laboriously achieved compromise, which neither side really satisfies, but offers a solid basis for the future. The conservationists wanted clearer and stricter regulations at the time, but the traffic and business lobby did not want to accept any restrictions. This laboriously won compromise should not be taken lightly by hand. A new dispute over the national park is damaging the region.
Those who want to amend the National Park Act now basically want to weaken the national park, even to undermine it completely, so that ultimately only the name remains as an advertising medium. The Association of Friends of the German-Polish European National Park Unteres Odertal e. V. categorically reject. If it says national park on it, it has to be a national park. Anyone who erodes or abolishes the national park is wasting the region’s future opportunities. Therefore: hands off the national park!
The board of directors
