Green Corridors - Lake creation in Siebendörfer Moor Landscape Protection Area

Year

2012

Organisation

50Hertz

Description

To compensate for some of the disruption caused by the construction of the 380 kV overhead line linking Krümmel and Görries, 50Hertz has earmarked an area covering 10 ha to create new habitats and improve sites used by migrating birds. The creation of five new lakes (total investment: EUR 100,000) returns some of the original character to the Siebendörfer Moor area and provides new habitats for cranes, ground-breeding birds and other open-country animals. This area is extremely important as a stopover for migrating birds and as a nesting site for sea eagles and bitterns.

This practice was also included in RGI the European Grid Declaration (EGD)'s flyer, which summarised several case studies that are related to the EGD commitment. In this case, the 50Herz project supports the 4.3.3 paragraph of the EGD on environmental protection and mitigation activities to be held for minimising new infrastructure impacts.

RGI gratefully acknowledges the EU LIFE funding support:

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