Niedersachsen: Identität seiner landschaten im spannungsfeld von mench und natur

The actual view of landscapes in Lower Saxony is the result of natural developments, human and technical impact. Actual landscapes must be protected by a more dynamic concept if they are predominantly influenced by natural developments. The protection of a status quo is more important if human impact was predominantly forming the character of a landscape. Only with a strong impact of technique the character of a landscape could be changed totally. In this paper examples are given for these cases: the coastal area, the fen and bog landscapes, the grazed woodlands, the heathlands, the beech woodlands, and the spruce woodlands in the Harz mountains.