Biosphere reserves

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Biosphere reserves are model regions in which the co-existence of people and nature can be developed and tested. They protect cultural landscapes against destructive interventions and conserve and develop valuable living areas for humans and nature. They ensure a balance between human use and natural cycles, and in this way contribute to regional value creation. Biosphere reserves offer ideal conditions for scientific research into the interactions between natural and social processes.

• Berchtesgaden -Bavaria
• Bliesgau - Saarland
• Flusslandschaft Elbe - Brandenburg - Brandenburg
• Flusslandschaft Elbe-Mecklenburg Vorpommern -Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
• Hamburgisches Wattenmeer - Hamburg
• Karstlandschaft Südharz i.G. - Saxony-Anhalt
• Mecklenburgisches Elbetal -Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
• Mittelelbe -Saxony-Anhalt
• Niedersächsische Elbtalaue -Lower Saxony
• Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer -Lower Saxony
• Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft -Saxony
• Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen - Rhineland-Palatinate
• Rhön -Bavaria, Hesse, Thuringia
• Schaalsee -Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
• Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer und Halligen - Schleswig-Holstein
• Schorfheide-Chorin - Brandenburg
• Schwäbische Alb - Baden-Württemberg
• Spreewald - Brandenburg
• Südost-Rügen -Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
• Vessertal-Thüringer Wald -Thuringia