Tourism

Lower Saxony Law on Environmental Impact Assessment. Environmental Impact Assessments are mandatory for the construction of holiday village, camping sites…

A guideline answers the question "What is expected from National Park Partners?"

National Park agreements involve professionals and amateur shrimp fishermen, water sports enthusiasts, sea kayakers and other. They regulate the use of certain areas. Both sides commit to voluntary services with a goal of protecting nature.

State ordinance on the "Nielönn / Sylt" nature reserve. Defines rules within the borders of the reserve and forbids to camp for instance.

State ordinance on the nature reserve "Wadden Sea north of the Hindenburgdam". Defines rules within the borders of the reserve and forbids to put up tents and caravans and to let dogs run around freely.

State ordinance on the "North Frisian Wadden Sea" nature reserve. Defines rules within the borders of the reserve and forbids to put up tents and caravans and to let dogs run around freely.

Law for the Protection of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea. This act mentions the importance of tourism for the improvement of the living and working conditions of the local people. Tourist facilities are permitted in the National Park. Regarding tourism §2 Abs. 3 ist particularly important.

State Law on Environmental Impact Assessment. Environmental Impact Assessments are mandatory for the construction of a holiday village...

Municipal Tax Act of the State of Schleswig-Holstein. Applies to tourism and other recreational activities.

Law for the Protection of Nature. Establishes certain rules on human activities and their impact on nature. This includes regulations on sport boats and leisure activities, bathing activities, the presence of dogs, camping… It also defines certain rules on biosphere reserves (§ 14).

State Development Plan Schleswig-Holstein 2010. Defines the strategy of Schleswig-Holstein regarding integrated coastal zones management and the development of tourism.

Tourism strategy of Schleswig-Holstein. This new tourism strategy, contains three major goals to be achieved until 2025:
Strengthening the economic factor tourism,
Improving of the competitive position,
Strengthening the image, brand and marketing.

The municipality aims to ensure the protection of the environment and to develop sustainable tourism through a strategy in the Wadden Sea World Heritage. The beach development concept supports this strategy and reflects the goal of protecting the Wadden Sea in tourism management.

State ordinance on the quality and management of bathing water.

The agreement aims to protect migratory birds. It encourages the development of eco-tourism at wetlands and the development of programmes to improve the level of awareness of the public.

The Convention aims to protect the environment and the contracting parties engaged to take all possible measures to prevent and remove pollution and protect the marine environment from negative effects of human activities.

The Convention aims the "wise use of wetlands and their resources".

Sets out the duties of States Parties in identifying potential sites and their role in protecting and preserving them. The Convention stipulates the obligation of States Parties to report regularly to the World Heritage Committee on the state of conservation of their World Heritage properties.

Lays down a comprehensive regime of laws and orders in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources. It enshrines the notion that all problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be addressed as a whole.

The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea was recognized as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1990 as part of its “Man and the Biosphere” program. The development zone was only added in 2004 with the addition of the five large, inhabited Halligen: Gröde, Hooge, Langeneß, Nordstrandischmoor and Oland. Since then, the area has been known as the "Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and Halligen Biosphere Reserve".

"The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner". Article 4 (e) is particularly relevant for integrated coastal zone management.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the international legal instrument for "the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources"

"Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment". Chapter 17 refers to the protection of the oceans, all kind of seas, including enclosed and semi-enclosed seas, and coastal areas and the protection, rational use and development of their living resources.

The Convention defines principles regarding tourism ethic. It aims to "promote responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism through the implementation of ethical principles in tourism".

Act amending the Planning Act and the Nature Conservation Act (Protection of coastal areas). Defines rules for the spatial planning in coastal zones and mentions that touristic facilities must be located according to coherent policy considerations

Executive Order on conservation and game reserves in the Wadden Sea. It promotes the sustainable management of the Wadden Sea.

Executive Order on the Wadden Sea National Park. This act mentions that "the development of outdoor life and tourism must take place on a sustainable basis and in collaboration with the local population, the tourism industry".

Ports Act. It applies to ports used for commercial handling of goods, vehicles, persons and landings of fish (§ 1).

Museum Act. This Act aims "to secure cultural heritage and natural heritage in Denmark through the activities and collaboration of professionally sustainable museums and develop the significance of these in interaction with the world around us" (Chapter 10).

National Danish Tourism Strategy. It defines a framework for tourism in Denmark in 2025. This includes for instance the defintion of strategic focus areas for Danish tourism, attractive destinations. It develops on nature and outdoor tourism, cultural tourism, modern planning law, labor, education and innovation.

Executive Order on the Environmental Objectives etc. Act for International Nature Conservation Areas (Environmental Objectives Act).

Act on Investigation, Prevention and Remediation of Environmental Damage (Environmental Damage Act). This act aims to "ensure that the person responsible for an environmental damage or an imminent danger of an environmental damage prevents and remedies the damage or danger and bears all coasts for this". It applies pursuant to the envirwonmental protection act, the act on the protection for the marine environment, the law on watercourses, the law on nature protection, the law on forests, the law on raw materials and the rules laid down in accordance with the coastal protection act.

Executive Order on the designation and administration of international nature conservation areas and the protection of certain species

Business Promotion Act. Defines certain rules for the development of the tourism industry.

Promulgation of the law on environmental protection. It aims the general protection of the environment and defines a framework to reduce all types of pollutions.

Act on the Protection of the Marine Environment. It aims to protect to protect the marine environment against human threats including recreational activities.

Executive Order on regulation of non-commercial navigation in the territorial sea with personal watercraft, etc. and on local regulations on navigation at laid-out bathing areas during the bathing season.

Marine Strategy Act. This act aims to fight against pollution and loss of biodiversity originating from tourism and recreational activities

Danish Tourism Act.

Nature Conservation Act. Applies to some extent to touristic activities or facilties (campfire, caravans…)