Collaboration

Project partners

Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal and Nature Protection Agency (NLWKN)

Since 2005, the tasks of water management and nature conservation of the state of Lower Saxony are concentrated in the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal and Nature Protection Agency. With the head office in Norden and eleven operating locations, the NLWKN is represented throughout all of Lower Saxony.

The NLWKN consists of seven divisions and is, among other things, the technical authority for nature conservation in Lower Saxony. Its Division for Nature Conservation is based in Hanover. The NLWKN-associated Nature Conservation Stations Dümmer, Fehntjer Tief, Ems and Unterelbe are also part of this division and assume duties of nature conservation site management.

A completely flat landscape without any trees or bushes. There is only grass. Along the... — Project area V18 in Lower Saxony: Dyke foreland near Belum. Photo: H.-J. Zietz/NLWKN

A completely flat landscape without any trees or bushes. There is only very short grass.... — Project area V39 in Lower Saxony: Very short vegetation and flat landscape. Photo: H.-J. Zietz/NLWKN

A river meanders from the bottom right to the top left. Along the river is short grass. In... — Project area V66 in Lower Saxony: Short vegetation along a river. Photo: H.-J. Zietz/NLWKN

A small and shallow body of water in a flat landscape. The soil is sandy and there is only... — Project area V01 in Lower Saxony: Tide pool among the dunes. Photo: H.-J. Zietz/NLWKN

Relatively short grass vegetation on the dyke and its foreland. In the back of the dyke is... — Project area V10 in Lower Saxony: Dyke along the river Ems. Photo: H.-J. Zietz/NLWKN

A flat grass landscape with only few trees. Throughout the landscape there are many heath... — Project area V13 in Lower Saxony: Vast raised bog landscape. Photo: H.-J. Zietz/NLWKN

The Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony has commissioned NLWKN’s Division for Nature Conservation to implement and manage the LIFE project GrassBirdHabitats. Within this division, the NLWKN project staff is assigned to the State Agency for Bird Conservation.

In this project, the NLWKN has both a coordinating and a technical role. Therefore, it is involved in almost all actions, including overall project management, habitat-optimising measures, capacity building, monitoring and public relations.

NLWKN team

Heinrich Belting

Project management