Nature Conservation Advisory Board reorganises itself

They advise and support the lower-level nature conservation authorities on all matters relating to nature conservation: the district nature conservation advisory committees, whose term of office is aligned with that of the district council.

7 July 2026

They advise and support the lower-level nature conservation authorities on all matters relating to nature conservation: the district nature conservation advisory boards, which are to be established in accordance with the Hessian Nature Conservation Act. This nature conservation advisory board, comprising independent experts, also exists in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Its term of office corresponds to that of the district council, meaning that a new district nature conservation advisory board has now been formed following the 2026 local elections. District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst welcomed the members to the inaugural meeting at the district offices in Korbach and appointed them to their posts until 2031.

Nominations for membership of the District Nature Conservation Advisory Board could be submitted by recognised nature conservation organisations, such as the Naturschutzbund Deutschland e. V., as well as by administrative bodies, such as the Waldeck and Frankenberg District Farmers’ Associations. This has resulted in a twelve-member committee of expert conservationists and nine deputies. The Advisory Board is supplemented by a representative for the northern district and comprises representatives of the recognised nature conservation organisations

  • Botanical Association for Nature Conservation in Hesse (BVNH),
  • German Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND),
  • German Mountaineering and Hiking Association (DGV)
  • Hessian Society for Ornithology and Nature Conservation (HGON),
  • Hesse State Hunting Association (LJV),
  • Naturschutzbund Deutschland e. V. (NABU),
  • Hessian Fishermen’s Association (VHF),

as well as from the ranks of administrative bodies
nd local authorities (cities and municipalities),

  • Waldeck and Frankenberg District Farmers’ Associations (KBV),
  • Waldeck-Frankenberg Landscape Conservation Association (LPV),
  • Kellerwald-Edersee and Diemelsee Nature Parks (NP) and
  • Forestry experts (WF).


Caption: District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst welcomed the members of the newly constituted Nature Conservation Advisory Board – some of whom were attending in their capacity as deputies – together with Ralf Enderlein, Head of the Environment and Climate Protection Department; Ulrich Kessler, Head of Division; and Heiko Figge-Böttger, a case officer at the Lower Nature Conservation Authority. (Photo: Waldeck-Frankenberg District)


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Department for the Environment and Climate Protection Nature Conservation