GEO Day of Biodiversity 2020
Event organised by the Environmental Centre on Saturday, 12 September, 9 a.m. in the Altchemnitz waterworks park
The Environmental Centre invites nature lovers, families and children to discover the diversity of native flora and fauna in the Altchemnitz waterworks park on Saturday, 12 September at 9 am, accompanied by experts. The meeting point is the Altchemnitz stop on line C11 (former terminus of line 6). The excursion is scheduled to end at around 12 noon. Participation is free of charge.
The waterworks park in Altchemnitz is located on the site of Saxony's first groundwater extraction plant. It is not only of cultural and historical value, but also of great ecological importance. The 19 hectares of parkland include orchards, a 150- to 200-year-old oak-beech hillside forest, wet meadows, the Zwönitz river and a large pond. Over 50 species of birds, bats and many other animals live in the waterworks park or visit it temporarily.
Offers include
- for children: What's crawling there? Discover and identify beetles, spiders, snails, etc. with Dr Hans-Peter Reike, entomologist and environmental educator.
- Biodiversity of animals, plants and fungi in the waterworks park with Jens Börner, Lower Nature Conservation Authority, and Dieter Schulz from Pilzfreunde Chemnitz e.V.
The day of action is supported by the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and the Environment.
The extinction of species continues in Germany. Every second bird species, a third of fungi
and 30 per cent of flowering plants are endangered or extinct. In Saxony, species in the open agricultural landscape are particularly
species of the open agricultural landscape are particularly threatened. Many habitats for plants and animals have been
destroyed by intensive agriculture, sealing and fragmentation. The hot,
dry summers are also damaging the forests in particular.
Background:
The nationally recognised environmental magazine "GEO" first launched a campaign in 1999.
campaign for the first time in 1999, which has since called on people to examine nature on their own doorstep. It
thousands of people in Germany, from bug experts to university professors.
Within 24 hours, as many animal and plant species as possible must be identified in a limited area in order to
to show that biodiversity does not only exist in hidden corners of remote protected areas.
remote corners of protected areas. The aim is not to set records; it is the experience that counts.
what counts are the experiences. People with different interests work together to sharpen their awareness
for biodiversity in their own neighbourhoods. Chemnitz regularly takes part in this initiative as part of
Agenda 21 in this initiative.
Further information can be found at www.geo.de/artenvielfalt