Protected biotopes are habitats of plant and animal species that are particularly worthy of protection. These habitats deserve special protection because they are rare, have a high ecological value or are threatened with destruction.
If you want to carry out a project that changes the use or shape of the surrounding area and that can significantly affect the natural environment or the landscape, you usually need an intervention permit.
Hamburg Learns Sustainability (HLN) is an association of Hamburg authorities, institutions, associations, networks and people who are active in educational work for sustainable development.
If you keep vertebrates of specially protected species, you must report the start of keeping them, the termination of keeping them or changes to the population to the responsible authority.
If you want to sell animals, plants or products of a strictly protected species or use them commercially, you must first apply for a marketing permit from the responsible authority.
You want to carry out an action that harms protected wild animals, plants or nature and landscapes. You may need a special permit or exemption from nature conservation prohibitions.
The aim and task of species protection is the preservation of all wild plant and animal species, including their naturally occurring communities, here in Hamburg and worldwide.
