Under the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG), property developers undertaking certain construction activities are required to offset the impact such activities have on the natural environment by creating so-called biodiversity offsetting areas or ecological compensation areas. An eco-account can be used as a means of implementing offsetting and compensation measures in advance as well as for building up a reserve of such measures to offset the impact on the natural environment of future construction and development activities. So-called eco-points represent a kind of “currency” (= value points) that reflect this compensation.
bayernhafen is certified as an eco-account operator. This involves undertaking targeted renaturation measures for suitable areas – for example by transforming land previously used for agriculture into alluvial woodland and extensive grassland areas. In future planning permission procedures eco-account areas can re-purposed as biodiversity offsetting and ecological compensation areas.
