Region Hannover appoints five honorary nature conservation officers
HANNOVER/BURGDORF/LEHRTE/SEELZE
With the presentation of the appointment documents, a briefing on rights and obligations and various signature services, it is now official: The environmental department head of the Hanover region, Christine Karasch, has appointed five new experts for flora and fauna as honorary nature conservation officers.
Dieter Kleinschmidt was reappointed for the city of Burgdorf. In the town of Lehrte, Christian Helmreich takes care of nature conservation and landscape management for another five years. Willi Raabe was reappointed for the city of Seelze. In the state capital, Karola Herrmann will remain on duty for the south of Hanover and Guido Madsack for north-east Hanover as nature conservation officers. With its decisions, the regional assembly followed the suggestions of the cities and municipalities.
After many years of activity, Gerd Sommerkamp was dismissed as nature conservation officer for the Hanover-Mitte area. The former district councilor had been working as a nature conservation officer since 1993 – since 2002 for the Hanover region.
The tasks of the 26 nature conservation officers in the Hanover region are diverse: They are to ensure contact between citizens and the nature conservation authority and promote general understanding of the tasks of the environmental authority. The voluntary helpers take on the on-site educational work, carry out mapping work and water surveys and coordinate planned measures of the cities and communities with the nature conservation authorities. There are also a variety of practical activities such as ringing birds, moving wasp nests or erecting and dismantling toad protection fences. In addition to professional qualifications, the requirements for being appointed nature conservation officer include practical experience and good local knowledge.