Court decides on controversial plaster drilling in the southern Harz!
Court decides on controversial plaster drilling in the southern Harz!
In the South Harz, a controversial project for gypsum bore for potential plaster breakdown threatens that could endanger nature. The Knauf company received approval to carry out exploration drilling in the biosphere reserve, which called on the Bund for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND). Now the federal government has submitted an urgent application to the Halle Administrative Court to stop the holes. According to Christian Kunz, the state manager of the BUND Saxony-Anhalt, it cannot be accepted that facts are already being created during the ongoing proceedings. The district of Mansfeld-Südharz had approved the holes under the pretext that these minimal interventions on paths had no serious consequences.
But the federal government fights against the project on several fronts. In a detailed 13-page statement, not only legal objections were made, but also massive concerns about the environmental compatibility of the measures. Scientists and citizens from Thuringia, Lower Saxony and even international experts, including representatives from South Korea, showed themselves alarmed and support the protest against these drilling. The unique geological structure of the karst landscape in the southern Harz, which is considered a biodiversity hotspot, would have to fear irreversible damage. This was also formulated critically when BUND Thuringia already pointed out that in the past of plaster mining has caused considerable damage.
Special requirements for the environment
The federal representatives agree that the plaster breakdown excludes other, less invasive alternatives in the construction industry. A study shows that the exit from the natural by recycling and alternative building materials is possible by 2045. This is in contrast to the claims of the plaster industry, which emanates from an alleged high need for naturally for residential construction. According to the environmentalists, the concentration on sustainable materials such as clay or wood could not only preserve the unique natural area in the southern Harz, but also secure future jobs.
These developments throw another light on one of the most important natural areas in Germany. The federal government is therefore urgently demanding that the district of Mansfeld-Südharz give the community and nature the priority and rejects the requested test bores. The result of this procedure will have significant consequences for nature conservation and the future orientation of the plaster mining in the region, even if political support initially seems to be missing.
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